A proposal to facilitate expressing both the local and the international time.
I suggested that all countries, adopt unified Alphabetical letters to express the local clock - meaning a letter symbolizing each local hour of the day and night.
This character system will be better than the current duplicated & confusing system, of expressing time internationally & locally just numerically. Add to this: the confusing + or - sign of hour(s) difference.
Despite the old system accuracy, an ordinary person cannot use it easily.
If the letter system is followed, a person will be able, at first glance, to realize that this letter represents that (certain) hour of the morning, noon, evening or night, in that respective region or country.
Here is a list of the suggested letters, and their corresponding local clock:
A = 00:00 Midnight
B = 01:00 am
C = 02:00 am
D = 03:00 am
E = 04:00 am
F = 05:00 am
G = 06:00 am
H = 07:00 am
J = 08:00 am
K = 09:00 am
L = 10:00 am
M = 11:00 am
N = 12:00 NOON
P = 01:00 pm
Q = 02:00 pm
R = 03:00 pm
S = 04:00 pm
T = 05:00 pm
U = 06:00 pm
V = 07:00 pm
W = 08:00 pm
X = 09:00 pm
Y = 10:00 pm
Z = 11:00 pm
According to this proposal:
The time in each country will be expressed in Universal Time format (UTC) followed by the letter representing the local clock for that country or region.
The hour difference may, or may not be expressed, in the detailed Format.
For example, when the UTC time is 12:25
i.e., 12 noon and 25 minutes:
The formula for expressing time, at this moment, in the following cities, for example, would be as follows:
When UTC is 12:25
Los Angeles (-8)
-Local format: E:25
- Full Format (both global and local): 12:25:E
or 12:25:E-8
Phoenix (-7)
- Local format : F:25
- Full format : 12:25:F or 12:25:F-7
New York (-5)
- Local format: H:25
- Full format : 12:25:H or 12:25:H-5
Paris (+1)
- Local format : P:25
- Full format : 12:25:P or 12:25:P+1
Dubai (+4)
- Local format : S:25
- Full format : 12:25:S or 12:25:S+4
Singapore (+8)
- Local format : W:25
- Full format : 12:25:W or 12:25:W+8
Tokyo (+9)
- Local format : X:25
- Full format : 12:25:X or 12:25:X+9
Sydney (+10)
- Local format : Y:25
- Full format : 12:25:Y or 12:25:Y+10
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In general, display of the hours differences, is not as important as knowing the local hour (of the day or the night) in the respective country, or region.
Regions that use the daylight saving time system, will be able to achieve this by modulating the character list, not the numerical value.
Advantage of this system:
Expressing the time in any country, or region, in that new formula:
- UTC time is always shown.
- Local hour as expressed by a character, will make it easy to identify which hour of the day (or night) is there, then.
- There is no confusion, or need for mathematical calculations, in that Format.
The classic wristwatches, would be designed to include letters and numbers, and thus they will include an additional hand, that points to the letters, and thus it is easy to read the world time numerically, and the local time alphabetically, at a glance.
