So you want to abolish time zones

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Let's take a look at some of the changes that arise from this, through a simple case study: making an international phone call to a relative.

Before abolishing time zones
I want to call my Uncle Steve in Melbourne. What time is it there?
Google tells me it is currently 4:25am there.
It's probably best not to call right now.

After abolishing time zones
I want to call my Uncle Steve in Melbourne. What time is it there?
It's 4:25am there, same as it is here, of course! Same as it is in New York, Bangalore and Hawaii, at the South Pole and on the Moon.
Although... the terms "a.m." and "p.m." (ante meridian and post meridian) are strongly deprecated now, along with "noon", "midday" and "midnight", because they are now either meaningless or ambiguous. In much of the world, 12:00 is nowhere near the middle of the solar day, if it's even during the solar day. Likewise, 00:00 is nowhere near the middle of the solar night.
Worse, in much of the world, there is still a "7 in the morni...