• Mongostein@lemmy.ca
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    6 hours ago

    Depends… I grew up with TV stations advertising shows in Eastern/Pacific time zones while I lived in neither.

    I’ve also driven to both of those time zones and can picture how many time zones away they are in my head.

    Either one of those is easier for me.

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      6 hours ago

      There’s an entire world of timezones that aren’t the US.

      It’s easier for you to remember your timezone in ± utc than making everyone else on the planet look up whatever the fuck est is every time we need to.

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        3 hours ago

        Well I don’t live in the US, so yeah I know. Anyway, my point is that “easier” is subjective and very much based on a person’s experience.

        I’ve looked up UTC compared to my time many times and it just doesn’t stick. I don’t know what the current UTC time is but I could tell you what time it is in Newfoundland no problem. 🤷‍♂️