[tz] The case against time zones
Paul Eggert
eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Wed Aug 6 23:39:25 UTC 2014
In Vox yesterday Matthew Yglesias argued that time zones ought to be
abolished, writing "They were a good idea at the time, but in the modern
world they cause more trouble than they are worth." It's tempting to
agree. See:
Yglesias M. The case against time zones: They're impractical & outdated.
Vox 2014-08-05. http://www.vox.com/2014/8/5/5970767/case-against-time-zones
Yglesias's underlying justification is essentially the same one that
McCarthy and Klepczynski used in their proposal to discontinue leap
seconds; see Steve Allen's summary of the resulting controversy in
<http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/leapsecs/>.
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