In China, your clock is set to Beijing time. Even if you're at the other edge of China, 16:00 in Beijing is 16:00 where you are.
Really, I think every is so adapted to the idea of working from 8am to 5pm. Yet it's pretty meaningless in the grand scheme of things. The world would be a lot simpler if everyone just set their clocks the same. My iPhone's world clock feature is loaded with a half-dozen other clocks. But this would fall under the same debate as converting the US from the Imperial system to Metric, albeit on a global scale. Scott On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Howard Brazee <howard.bra...@cusys.edu>wrote: > On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:26:38 -0700 (PDT), Eric Chomko > <pne.cho...@comcast.net> wrote: > > >For space applications, sure. A satellite that orbits in 101 minutes > >had better use UTC, but why humans on Earth in the same place? You > >think UTC tells you anything about where the Earth's terminator is? > >When the Earth is facing totally opposite the Sun on any given day. > >No, local time is a must for determining exactly when the sun will > >rise where you are! > > > >Heck well can live with two measuring systems, we can live with two > >times. > > My computer doesn't care where the sun is. If it needs to support > people 24 hours per day, maybe anywhere in the world, what does the > sun have to do with it? > > But if it is important to know when data are modified, having over 24 > time zones has no advantage. Mark it with a common, universal time. > The display routine can change it to local time just fine for users, > even when the users are on the opposite sides of the Earth. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
