Originally Posted by
chrisl137
.. For dealing with international projects, time zones are really no more convenient than having everybody on UTC, it's more that it's just what people got used to because clocks were invented long before ways to communicate at lightspeed across long distances, or easily synchronize those clocks across those distances...
Let's not forget that the number of people who deal with international projects are a negligible fraction of the world's population. Maybe not on FT - FTers are not typical - but overall. We tend to focus on our own issues, whatever they are. They are magnified out of all proportion in our own minds. Basing worldwide timekeeping on a need to deal with international projects would be a poster child for the tail wagging the dog.
Last edited by Efrem; Jan 4, 2025 at 1:29 pm
Reason: fix minor typo