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? -
There is no standard 8-to-6 overlap. Someone joins early or late.
Mumbai is 13.5 hours ahead of Portland, which is far enough that a normal 9-to-5 in one city never reaches the other's working hours. Expect compromise: someone in Portland or Mumbai will need to take the call outside the usual 9-to-5, so share that load. Finally, Portland observes daylight saving and Mumbai doesn't, so this window shifts by an hour for part of the year — recheck it each spring and autumn.
| 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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Portland America/Los Angeles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mumbai Asia/Kolkata |
Swatch once tried to kill time zones with .beats. But could UTC be the serious replacement the world actually needs? -