Blaze (he/him)@feddit.org to AskUSA@discuss.onlineEnglish · 21 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-square58fedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down18
arrow-up196arrow-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)@feddit.org to AskUSA@discuss.onlineEnglish · 21 hours agomessage-square58fedilink
minus-squarelengau@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-213 hours agoYep, which leads us to the natural conclusion that noon on the clock should roughly equate to solar noon, year round.
minus-squareturmacar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 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-squareOpisek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 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-squarelengau@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-27 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