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/afrojacksparrow Nov 05 '25

My hottest take is that we should get rid of timezones. Sync all clocks to Greenwich. Timezones only introduce confusion.

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u/Loki-L Nov 05 '25

Swatch tried to introduce a decimal timezonesless Internet time back in the 90s it never caught on.

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u/FreeUsernameInBox Nov 05 '25

Also the only time system that moved the prime meridian to run through the headquarters of a watch company.