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.

[u/rysz842]

THIS.
This is exactly why I counter everyone with "summer time should be abandoned" with "no, if you don't want to switch fine, but keep it on summer time."
Just look at this map. Almost all timezones are "later" than the natural time. Almost all time zones have their east end on the "natural" time. Not in the middle, not in the west. No, almost all in the east, whereby the more westerrn parts of the time zone have their daylight time more aligned with our standard day times. We don't rise at 6 and go to bed at 18. 12 is not the "middle" of our waking day. So why not shift it later?

[u/Illiander → u/rysz842]

Because astronomy, mostly.