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Old 12-02-2017, 06:39 PM
 
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Ah no https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time is the universal time. But there is no reason to not have the zones and there is no reason Florida shouldn't opt out of daylight savings time. As someone mentioned the western panhandle is in the central time zone and the universe functions fine. You could even have the Eastern part of Florida not use DST and central time zone Florida be on DST and the universe would still work fine.
They did that in IN when I lived there (Still may) and it was a pain in the butt for me, my family and my business.
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Old 12-02-2017, 11:25 PM
 
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Ah no https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time is the universal time. But there is no reason to not have the zones and there is no reason Florida shouldn't opt out of daylight savings time. As someone mentioned the western panhandle is in the central time zone and the universe functions fine. You could even have the Eastern part of Florida not use DST and central time zone Florida be on DST and the universe would still work fine.
Why have different times at all? GMT would work for all. You don't need to start work at a given time on a clock but an area may want to generally start work at an arbitrary time. Why should it matter if it's 9 or 12 or 15 or 18?
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Old 12-02-2017, 11:28 PM
 
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They did that in IN when I lived there (Still may) and it was a pain in the butt for me, my family and my business.
I remember when Indiana wanted to make a change a dairy farmer claimed his cows would be confused and alter their milk production. I think someone convinced him that all he needed to do was cover the clocks in the barn and they'd be fine.
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Old 12-03-2017, 07:39 AM
 
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I remember when Indiana wanted to make a change a dairy farmer claimed his cows would be confused and alter their milk production. I think someone convinced him that all he needed to do was cover the clocks in the barn and they'd be fine.
Unlike some people they wanted to get up at the crack of dawn.
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