• BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Ok so there are 24 time zones. Before that every town had their own time based on the sun. We basically went from infinity time zones down to 24. This is in fact simpler.

    (There are some half hour time zones too, (India, Newfoundland) so at least 26.)

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      7 months ago

      There are a few time zones that are 45 minutes off, like Nepal Standard Time which is UTC+5:45, some places in Western Australia and South Australia use UTC+08:45 and the Chatham Islands are at UTC+12:45 or UTC+13:45 in summer.