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		pseudalopex on Aug 30, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: American Academy of Sleep Medicine calls for elimi... Some people in India think it's a problem.[1] Some people in western China unofficially use the same time zone as neighboring countries.[2] [1] https://qz.com/india/1542969/indias-single-time-zone-may-eff... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinjiang_Time

austincheney on Aug 30, 2020 [–]

Looking at the article the Xinjiang Time looks more political than functional with the result being confusion and nonsense. Political divisions are the only practical reason why people maintain time zones. There are people through out the world who do just fine living on UTC or Zulu time.

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