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You are misunderstanding how it would work. People would still be awake when it's light out and asleep when it's dark.

Instead of everywhere starting their workday at 9am UTC like you're imagining, London would start their workday at 9am UTC, New York would start their workday at 4am UTC, Los Angeles would start their workday at 1am UTC.

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Actually, that's exactly how I know it would work. I'm pointing out the information your going to loose without having timezones because people are still going to get up and go to sleep basically following a solar day. Are people in Paris awake at 9:00 or asleep? Are people in LA working or not? Without a table, say a table that says what time of day it is in particular zones, 9:00 tells you nothing.

Nit: If we eradicate timezones, lets also get rid of this am/pm nonsense. New York wouldn't start at 1am, they would start at 1h00 (or 01:00, or 01h00, or however you want to notate it).

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