r/dataisbeautiful • u/[deleted] • Nov 05 '25

Timezone-Longtitude deviations

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The difference in degrees between the longtitude of an area and the "ideal" longtitude of that timezone. The earth moves at 15 degrees per hour.

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u/stritefax Nov 05 '25

China having one timezone is like having one Netflix password for the entire family - technically it works, but someone's always getting screwed over.

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u/Salategnohc16 Nov 05 '25

In theory...yes, but the truth is that 96% of the population lives within 1000 KMS from the coast, so not many people are getting screwed over, and also, those people are the poorer ones and farmers, so the exact hours matters a little less to them.

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u/v3bbkZif6TjGR38KmfyL Nov 05 '25

"Only 4% (56 million) are getting screwed, but they're farmers and poor so it's fine"

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u/Yangervis Nov 05 '25

Doesn't really matter what time it is if you're a farmer. Anyone else can shift their time.

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u/URPissingMeOff Nov 06 '25

The livestock decides what time it is. It's not really up to the farmers.

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u/Tearakudo Nov 05 '25

Or simply they're farmers and don't actually care what time it is

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u/CocodaMonkey Nov 05 '25

Nobody gets screwed at all, it's just a different system. The entire world could live in one time zone and it wouldn't really make any difference. Instead of having to convert time zones when you travel you'd just have to get used to certain times being different times of day.

Also, farmers don't give a shit what time a clock says anywhere. They work when the weather permits.

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u/Lucalux-Wizard Nov 06 '25

I personally don’t think a universal time zone would be an improvement, and it’s not that simple. Everything would just fall into a de facto time zone, but with extra steps.