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bashzor on Nov 8, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Best Time to Post on Hacker News

What's the deal with EST or PDT? Can't you Americans just use some GMT-n so we can all convert it? Despite most stories being American-based or focussed here, the world does not center around you. Yeah it does on your maps - it's confusing, I know - but no the world is not actually about you.

Nathanael on Nov 8, 2012 [–]

Hi. I'm the author and I live in France. I used EST for 2 reasons.

1/ Most HN readers can relate to that easily.

2/ GMT doesn't account for daylight savings time.

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