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: 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Mumbai is 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM in Bucharest.
12:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Mumbai is when Bucharest is also working, at 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM their time. Even with Bucharest behind by 3.5 hours, your workdays overlap by a comfortable 6 hours — plenty of flexibility for both sides. Because only Bucharest changes its clocks, the overlap above isn't fixed; expect a one-hour shift when Bucharest enters or leaves daylight saving.
| 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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Mumbai Asia/Kolkata | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bucharest Europe/Bucharest |
Swatch once tried to kill time zones with .beats. But could UTC be the serious replacement the world actually needs? -