[userbinator]

Not if everyone uses mean solar time... or just chooses something like GMT.

[jtbayly]

…which they would do via government.

[ruined]

there are areas of the world where the government disagrees with the population on the appropriate timezone, most notably in Xinjiang

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinjiang_Time

[jtbayly]

The exception that proves the rule.