I suspect a large number of users might choose PST if in California, when they really mean PST/PDT. Or perhaps in the summer they would semi-correctly choose PDT.

Choosing a large city you know shares your time zone does make things a bit more “human“.

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Sophira 3 days ago | parent [-]

This absolutely would happen. Most Americans I know refer to their timezone as EST/CST/MST/PST even after March.

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macintux 3 days ago | parent [-]

I’m currently working at one of the world’s largest consumer banks, and for a company that really should care about the accuracy of such things, I see “EST’ frequently all summer long.

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gerikson 3 days ago | parent [-]

In my experience, Brits refer to their time as "GMT" whether or not DST is in effect.

	▲	Sophira 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		True; I should have said "most people refer to their local timezone in that way". (The reason I didn't was because at the time, I was referring to those specific timezones, not because I was picking on Americans.)