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.
San Diego and Mumbai are too far apart in time (12.5 hours) for their workdays to line up during regular hours. For anything urgent, agree on an early-morning or late-night bridge hour in advance so nobody's caught off guard. Because only San Diego changes its clocks, the overlap above isn't fixed; expect a one-hour shift when San Diego 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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San Diego 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? -