On Sat 10 Aug 2019 at 09:01:27 (+0000), Russell L. Harris wrote: > On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 09:14:08AM +0200, deloptes wrote: > > Why? The non expert lives somewhere relative to UTC, why should I use UTC. > > AFAIK it is always UTC in the background adding or substracting the > > timezone and perhaps summer time and other specifics. I do not want to > > calculate each time on top of UTC, what the time is. > > To each his own. I remember the explanation of an airline pilot as to > the reason he kept his wristwatch set to GMT. Constantly crossing > from one time zone to another, he said that the mental conversion > quickly became automatic and painless, and was much less trouble than > constantly resetting his watch.
I was under the impression that airline pilots were paid enough to buy two-zone wristwatches, but perhaps the threatened strikes are an indication that they don't think they are. While they're on strike, they'll be able to enjoy a holiday from checking the time. Cheers, David.