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xkcd #3272: Time Change

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All discussions of daylight saving time policy are doomed by a mix of contradictory, inconsistent, and impossible preferences, which is why I think the only thing we can really hope to do is to make it worse.

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[–] WraithGear@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

it exists already. but besides that. what numbers are assigned to what sun location is completely arbitrary and a man made convention.

if my 7:00 turns into 14:00 my job will expect me at the new 14:00