[time-nuts] Time-zones and World time..
David Ackrill
dave.g0dja at tiscali.co.uk
Thu Oct 30 12:12:08 UTC 2008
Steve Rooke wrote:
> I guess the question is, what's the likely-hood of a world standard
> time being adopted (sort of like Star Trek)?
I would say it's very unlikely to happen. People tend to prefer the
time in their area to match up with the day. So, having the sun come up
at 7pm wouldn't suit a lot of people.
Recently the islanders on Jersey rejected a proposal to move to Central
European Time (CET) see
http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/jersey-time-zone-referendum.html
Dave
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