Blaze (he/him) to [email protected]English • 1 month 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-square107fedilinkarrow-up1160arrow-down111
arrow-up1149arrow-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 [email protected]English • 1 month agomessage-square107fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•edit-21 month agoYep, which leads us to the natural conclusion that noon on the clock should roughly equate to solar noon, year round.
minus-square@turmacarlinkEnglish4•1 month 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@OpiseklinkEnglish1•1 month 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@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-21 month 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
But that won’t make hours shorter