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Why not 2 Timezones for US?

by kumarm on 12/4/24, 1:15 AM with 5 comments

• by dlcarrier on 12/4/24, 5:40 AM

  Twitter refuses to anonymously let me read tweets, so I don't know what the arguments are, but multiple studies show that the further west you live within a time zone, the shorter your lifespan. Causes include an increase in cancer rates (https://aacrjournals.org/cebp/article/26/8/1306/283057/Longi...) and suicide (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S01650...).

  We'd be better of having time zones every half hour, instead of every hour.

• by emchammer on 12/4/24, 3:03 AM

  Alaska and Hawaii are also in the US. Perhaps better one for the continent based on high noon at Chicago, and get rid of daylight saving time.

• by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF on 12/4/24, 3:02 AM

  1 would be great. I favor New York winter time, in case we join South America in the future.