Why don't people use UTC when working across time zones?

3 points·hhebbo··8 comments

Use it for what? Scheduling meetings and such?

I don't really see how it would help. If someone tells me that the meeting will be at, say, 10:00 AM PDT, then I convert that to my own time zone so I know what time the meeting will take place in my time zone.

If instead they tell me that the meeting will take place at 17:00 UTC, then I would convert that to my own time zone so I know what time the meeting will take place in my time zone.

Either way, I have to convert what they tell me to my own time zone. Converting from UTC to my time zone isn't inherently easier than converting from any other time zone.

I don't, but I wish everybody used UTC all the time and then maintained an internal correction for local activities. I've found this to work well since a lot of my clocks are synced to UTC.

Thanks! Makes sense, that's what I want as well. So I've built a new clock that utilizes UTC, and rotates UTC according to your location on Earth. This basically maps UTC to all other times in the world and keeps only one reading of time globally at any given moment. So with that people can keep on using their local times, but also see/use the global UTC time in one clock. I made UTC as letters not numbers to distinguish between local and global times, but that's easy to change if confusing. It'd be great if you can give me some feedback on the clock whether it makes sense or not. It's on thehtime.com.

that's interesting. I'll keep it around in a window and look at it to see if it helps.

Just wanted to ask if you have any feedback/thoughts for me. I’d really appreciate that. Thanks!

amazing, thanks a lot!

Ham radio operators do.

didn't know that, thanks!

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