President-elect Donald Trump on Friday confirmed that Republicans will work together to ditch Daylight Saving Time, the practice of changing the clocks by an hour twice a year.

  • Baron Von J@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    But the time indicates your relative position in the Earth’s rotation. The number 13 in reference to the rotational cycle means the sun in the sky is a particular number of degrees away from your position on the earth and it only that particular value in that one geographic slice of the planet. You can personally choose to use UTC/GMT for yourself if that’s what you want to do, and meeting invites you send and receive will all correct accordingly for the configured time zone.

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 hours ago

      That holds true outside of the fact that it changes daily due to our axis orbit and our position on earth. If we actually went by it, our clocks would have to change constantly as well. So if we are going to ignore it by not changing the clocks, why wouldn’t we just ignore it all together. We are okay with saying the sun sets at 4:30… Or 7:30… Or maybe it only sets for 2 hours a night if you are north/south enough… So why bother trying to coorelate that?