Could UTC Replace Time Zones?
Swatch once tried to kill time zones with .beats. But could UTC be the serious replacement the world actually needs? -
Best overlap: 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM in Anchorage is 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM in Mumbai.
Keep meetings inside 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM in Anchorage — that maps to 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM in Mumbai. With overlap this short — around 1 hour — a recurring slot at 5:30 PM in Anchorage (8:00 AM in Mumbai) is worth its weight in gold. This window straddles two dates — Anchorage's today is Mumbai's the next day. These times hold for most of the year, but Anchorage's daylight saving (which Mumbai doesn't use) shifts them by an hour twice annually.
| Local time | 12am | 1am | 2am | 3am | 4am | 5am | 6am | 7am | 8am | 9am | 10am | 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | 5pm | 6pm | 7pm | 8pm | 9pm | 10pm | 11pm |
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Anchorage America/Anchorage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mumbai Asia/Kolkata |
Swatch once tried to kill time zones with .beats. But could UTC be the serious replacement the world actually needs? -