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US/Canada time zones if they were not adjusted for political boundaries (files.catbox.moe)

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[–] observantTrapezium@lemmy.ca 22 points 3 months ago (14 children)

I just had to coordinate an online meeting with some guy at a company, I had no idea where he's based but he suggested time slots in EST (I'm in Toronto). I asked him twice if he's sure, thinking he may be based outside of North America and doesn't know that Toronto currently follows EDT which is GMT-4h, and he just responded "Eastern Standard Time".

And of course he actually meant EDT. Turns out he is based in North America, just dumb.

Fuck timezones, but more than that fuck daylight saving time. You want an extra hour of sunshine after work in summer? Shift the work schedule, not the fucking clock!

[–] infeeeee@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Do not ask for the time zone, ask for the city. Than use a tool for the task. People are stupid, and they don't necessarily know the name of their time zone, even during DST.

I used website this before, you just type the city names and it will show you which time is good for which participant: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html But I'm pretty sure a lot other websites exist to solve this.

The problem in your story was not time zones, but you didn't use the correct tool for the task.

[–] observantTrapezium@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

It's not me who didn't use a tool, it was the other guy.

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