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How 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.moe)

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[-] lengau@midwest.social 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yep, which leads us to the natural conclusion that noon on the clock should roughly equate to solar noon, year round.

[-] turmacar@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

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.

[-] Opisek@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

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.

[-] lengau@midwest.social 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

You can get DST on a sundial. Just rotate it 15 degrees so sunrise is at 7

[-] Opisek@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

But that won't make hours shorter

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