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Comment by fauigerzigerk

No, I think it's very important to understand that local times in the future do not identify a point in time and that local times are not necessarily tied to any particular location.

If I set my alarm clock to 7am, I want it to always wake me at 7am local time regardless of where I happen to be on that day.

If I make an appointment for 7 Sep 2026 at 3pm I'm going to turn up at whatever time counts as 3pm on that date. The government might scrap DST, so the exact point in time is currently unknown.

Many uses of local time cannot be expressed correctly if you are forced to specify a timezone.

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