On Sunday 02 April 2006 08:12, Eric Stout wrote:
> > > As fellow Hoosiers probably know, our fine government has again decided
> >
<SNIP>
> > I think we should all go back to the good old days before Railroad
> > Timetables (the original excuse), when every village had it's own time
> > zone. The computers can handle it!
>
> I'm all for having a single time. One time for the entire planet.
>
There is, it's called Zulu time. The U.S. Military uses it for anything that
needs co-ordination across time-zones.
> Some places, the sun would rise at 0700hrs. Other places, it would rise
> at 1900hrs.
>
<SNIP>
> It would make large scale operations easier too. Instead of trying to
> figure out if the manager wanted something done 8am his time or 8am your
> time (or if it even matters), you would just know it has to be done at
> 0800hrs.
>
That would be 0800 Zulu.
Cheers,
John Gay
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