Whimsical whiles

Time should be simple. It's continuously increasing at a constant rate, so to represent it we should just have some number continuously increasing at a constant rate as well, shouldn't we? We do have this (not sure why we use so many bases in our time representation, but eh), but there are so many irregularities in our time representation as well. When I say irregularities, I specifically mean daylight savings and time zones.

Time zones were originally created in order for there to be fewer times, as before they were made almost every town had their own 6 o'clock. Despite this, there are still too many times out there. People don't need for the sunrise to be in the A.M. If people got into work at 11 P.M. and got out at 6 A.M. they'd still be just as aware when there lunch hour was as before. Coordinating things between countries and writing software that needs to keep track of time would all be much easier without this one pesky little thing. Just abolishing time zones like that would take some getting used to, and for that reason will probably never happen (remember when we tried to switch to the metric system), but one can dream.

Daylight savings on the other hand, can be abolished. Most countries that have used daylight savings time no longer do. It's so confusing having all the hours suddenly change. While I can't deny I like being able to wake up an hour later in the winter, the feeling from waking an hour earlier in the summer cancels it out. To add to this annoyance, people are lazy and don't change their clocks to the correct time until months after the hour has switched, so you end up being in a state of constant limbo trying to figure out what the correct hour is. I suppose we all have phones that can tell us the time nowadays, but aren't clocks just so much nicer to look at?

If we simply choose to not do daylight savings one year, people will probably not even notice. Everyone's sleep schedules would remain uninterrupted, and the world would become just a little bit simpler.

Anyways, here's a petition I found on getting rid of daylight savings and for abolishing time zones, so consider signing them if you agree.