https://xkcd.com/2846

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I average out the spring and fall changes and just set my clocks 39 minutes ahead year-round.

  • usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca
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    11 months ago

    They would just adjust their working/wake hours. Instead of the Eastern USA being open from 0900-1700, they would be open from 0400-1300.

    Isn’t that just time zones again?

    • Player2@sopuli.xyz
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      11 months ago

      No because if you’re talking to someone on the other side of the planet (thanks internet), you can schedule some sort of event with them without having to look up the time difference before hand

      • limelight79@lemm.ee
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        11 months ago

        Yeah but you need to know when they’d be sleeping, for example, so you still need to figure something out related to time differences.

        • blackbrook@mander.xyz
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          11 months ago

          You both just have present your working or availability hours beforehand. Honestly this works better for me than someone assuming I’m available for an 8am meeting. I live on the US east coast, but my sleeping schedule is more west coast.

            • BOMBS@lemmy.world
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              11 months ago

              Nope, that was a check! The reason of not wanting to ask for availability periods still exists with time zones.

    • BOMBS@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Kind of, but not exactly. Those are the hours their businesses are open. However, this takes one variable out of the formula, which is calculating the time difference. Rather than having to know the time difference and business hours, you’d only have to know the business hours. Also, it would be even easier if you just shared your availability, which is what matters anyway, but you don’t have to calculate the time difference. There’s only one variable to communicate, which is the universal time they would be available. It’s super simple.