The point is to avoid timezone confusion and simplify international cooperation. Inside the countries, there are some successful experiments: for example, China is present in 5 time zones, but the entire nation lives by UTC+8. And while 5 time zones are not 24, this arrangement is generally regarded positively by the people, despite the fact it’s measured by Beijing, which is located on the east, and not by some point in the middle of the country.
What’s the point of having the same time zone when people are not going by it?
Like, “hey when you go to Singapore you gotta pay attention as the shops open at 22:00 and close at 13:00”!
The point is to avoid timezone confusion and simplify international cooperation. Inside the countries, there are some successful experiments: for example, China is present in 5 time zones, but the entire nation lives by UTC+8. And while 5 time zones are not 24, this arrangement is generally regarded positively by the people, despite the fact it’s measured by Beijing, which is located on the east, and not by some point in the middle of the country.
You can’t be serious. There’s no way we can compare something that spans two hours both ways with something that spans twelve hours.
It spans 4,5 hours one way, and 0,5 hours the other way*
So, it’s a big deal.
Fine, let’s do it your way.
Close to five hours of time difference versus twelve hours.
One was rather disruptive to say the least. The other would be either catastrophical, or be regarded as a joke.
Of course we won’t hear any dissent about the Chinese time zone! We wouldn’t hear any dissent about China!