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Wouldn't it be convenient to have a world standard time which we could use when in different time zones, without the need for all that tedious arithmetic (assuming you can remember whether to add or subtract).  One way would be to create World Alphabetical Time, where it would always be the same time everywhere in the world.  Television news channels could display it, so we would soon get used to it.
Wouldn't it be convenient to have a world standard time which we could use when in different time zones, without the need for all that tedious arithmetic (assuming you can remember whether to add or subtract).  One way would be to create World Alphabetical Time, where it would always be the same time everywhere in the world.  Television news channels could adopt it, so we would soon get used to it.


There being 24 letters which do not resemble 1 and 0, could adopt a standard world time which everyone could learn to apply to their location.  It would end the need for tedious lists of cities with different times.
There being 24 letters in the alphabet which do not resemble numbers - I and O would not be used - and 24 hours in the day, everyone could learn to apply WAT to their location.  It would end the need for tedious lists of cities with different times.


So, it's now BST (& Portuguese Summer Time) 17:29.  If midnight here is A:00, then it would now be T:29 WAT. [[User:Rothorpe|Rothorpe]] 16:29, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
Since [[UTC]] (which is virtually synonymous with [[GMT]]) is used as a sort of default when comparing with other time zones, WAT could be linked to it, so that A:00 would be 0000 UTC. Thus the current time, Portuguese/British Summer Time, UTC/GMT, is U:12.


But since [[UTC]] (which is virtually synonymous with [[GMT]]) is used as a sort of default when comparing with other time zones, WAT could be linked to it, so that A:00 would be 0000 UTC.  Thus the current time, 18:12 Portuguese/British Summer Time, 17:12 UTC/GMT, is U:12. [[User:Rothorpe|Rothorpe]] 17:12, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
A small way to improve the world, but a real improvement.  [[User:Robert Thorpe|Robert Thorpe]] 12:49, 13 October 2007 (CDT)

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Wouldn't it be convenient to have a world standard time which we could use when in different time zones, without the need for all that tedious arithmetic (assuming you can remember whether to add or subtract). One way would be to create World Alphabetical Time, where it would always be the same time everywhere in the world. Television news channels could adopt it, so we would soon get used to it.

There being 24 letters in the alphabet which do not resemble numbers - I and O would not be used - and 24 hours in the day, everyone could learn to apply WAT to their location. It would end the need for tedious lists of cities with different times.

Since UTC (which is virtually synonymous with GMT) is used as a sort of default when comparing with other time zones, WAT could be linked to it, so that A:00 would be 0000 UTC. Thus the current time, Portuguese/British Summer Time, UTC/GMT, is U:12.

A small way to improve the world, but a real improvement. Robert Thorpe 12:49, 13 October 2007 (CDT)

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