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Why don't the whole planet just use UTC+00:00 / Universal Time without time zones?
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this post was submitted on 31 May 2025
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Probably the same reason everyone doesn’t just talk English.
But that's a pretty different matter.
Basically, it's like if most people who speak English agreed to only talk in British English.
Even then, everyine speaking english would make more sense than removing timezones