I would love to see this map animated. If it looks insane now, imagine it changing every year.

Where I used to live, the time zone would change by city and county, some of which (but not all) followed DST as well.

Since no one has posted it yet...

The Problem with Time & Timezones - Computerphile

Please, for love of God, just end daylight savings time. That is all I ask.

When programming software we use UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) which is basically just GMT.

As someone in the UK, I am very happy for the world to start using UTC too 😂

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Would be good for the modern world, but it would take a few generations or more for people to get used to it. People have 9-5 so ingrained in their minds that everytime the discussion of DST comes up, they forget that just changing the work hours is possible. Honestly though, changing time is too much effort for not so much gain, so it is very unlikely to ever happen.

Then you get into political issues... why is it centered on the UK and not, say, India or China? Ridiculous, petty? Absolutely. And 100% how humanity works.

Ticking away, the moments that make up the dog days.

And china

Its best.

Thanks, I did not know that.

I've always assumed the France chose a different timezone just to not be on the same timezone than the British

Look at Nepal (Northeast of India) over there with 5¾ ...

There's a thin bit of Afghanistan separating Pakistan and Tajikistan, and it reaches all the way to the Chinese border. That tiny bit of border (which is closed on the Chinese side and also a mountain pass thousands of metres high, but it is indeed a border) has a three and a half hour difference

Honestly, it probably solves more problems.

That's a unique track.