why do we have different time zones instead of everyone being at the same current time and simply doing things at different hours of the day?

Question

Wouldn’t this prevent things like a country above another country (aka being in the same latitude) and having a different time zone (which never made sense to me); and other things that just don’t make sense in the current system?

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Answer 1

The way we track time is relative to the position of the sun. If you said “noon” no matter where you are you can determine the “noon” that is relative to you by the sun’s position in the sky.