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[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago (12 children)

Timezones were necessary once trains became prevalent. Having a geographical region all in yhe same time allowed for actual schedules that could be kept.

This comment also seems to discount the seasonal short days due to axial tilt.

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 week ago (10 children)

Timezones are only necessary if people demand that 12:00 be noon. This doesn’t have to be. Neither does the wall-clock time have anything to do with day length. Did you even read the comment you responded to?

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (8 children)

Timezones were created so that you didn't travel west for 4 hours and arrive before you left.

Edit: do you think every town having their own time was helpful?

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Arriving before you left was way too cool to be allowed.

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