Blaze (he/him)@feddit.org to AskUSA@discuss.onlineEnglish · 1 day 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-square77fedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down110
arrow-up1117arrow-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 · 1 day agomessage-square77fedilink
minus-squarelengau@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-221 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-up4·12 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-up1·17 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-215 hours agoYou can get DST on a sundial. Just rotate it 15 degrees so sunrise is at 7
minus-squareOpisek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoBut that won’t make hours shorter
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