----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Mills" <romilly@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 5:36 AM
Subject: Re: CHAT: Timezones was The English/French counting system
> Mark J. Reed wrote:
>
>
> > On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 08:17:04PM -0400, Roger Mills wrote:
> > > China I believe has a single time zone - Beijing standard-- even
though
> it
> > > extends over many degrees of longitude.
> >
> > Yup. If it works for them I don't see why it shouldn't work for
everyone
> > else. :)
> >
> I seem to recall reading/hearing that people in far western China find it
a
> problem. You are suggesting the Chinese system writ large AFAICT.
>
> If as I assume UTC = GMT, why should we in this country (-4 to -7 hours),
or
> the Japanese, Indians et al adjust our mental clocks to such outmoded
> Cultural Imperialism? London no longer rules the world's commerce; at
least
> we should make NYC the standard.:-))) And probably in 50-100 years, we'll
> all be on Beijing time. :-(((
It should be GMT because it's always been that way. As long as you don't
call it UTC, because that would be biased. Plus, it makes it easier for me
if I don't have to convert in my head. ;-)