Blaze (he/him) to AskUSA@discuss.onlineEnglish • 20 hours agoHow the sunrise and sunset times would be affected by abolishing daylight saving time in the USA. Would you prefer to keep it or drop it?files.catbox.moeimagemessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1107arrow-down19
arrow-up198arrow-down1imageHow the sunrise and sunset times would be affected by abolishing daylight saving time in the USA. Would you prefer to keep it or drop it?files.catbox.moeBlaze (he/him) to AskUSA@discuss.onlineEnglish • 20 hours agomessage-square60fedilink
minus-square@lengau@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-212 hours agoYep, which leads us to the natural conclusion that noon on the clock should roughly equate to solar noon, year round.
minus-square@turmacar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•3 hours agoThat would mean ~360 timezones globally. More if you didn’t simplify to a single degree. Coordinating is enough of a pain across timezones without having to worry (much) about minutes.
minus-square@Opisek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•8 hours agoThe Romans’ did that as a naturally consequence of using sun dials for timekeeping. Hours were also shorter during winter. I think that would be a nice system to have.
minus-square@lengau@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-26 hours agoYou can get DST on a sundial. Just rotate it 15 degrees so sunrise is at 7
Yep, which leads us to the natural conclusion that noon on the clock should roughly equate to solar noon, year round.
That would mean ~360 timezones globally. More if you didn’t simplify to a single degree.
Coordinating is enough of a pain across timezones without having to worry (much) about minutes.
The Romans’ did that as a naturally consequence of using sun dials for timekeeping. Hours were also shorter during winter. I think that would be a nice system to have.
You can get DST on a sundial. Just rotate it 15 degrees so sunrise is at 7