Let’s say people can’t agree on the time to go to bed, and each timezone declared war on every other timezone. Who would win in this conflict? What alliances would form, and will there be betrayal? What would the new world order look like with a standard time for everyone?
GMT+8 looks good with the entire population of China on its side. GMT+1 and +2 have large chunks of Europe and Africa and could be quite strong too. The timezones in the east and west coast of the U.S. might also stand a good chance.
They would all lose because they stretch all the way down into Antarctica which means that the penguins would be involved…
Hmm how do time zones work at the south pole? Can you run in a small circle and hit most if not all of them?
Apparently not quite! It looks like you would mostly be stepping back and forth between UTC and its opposite.
Given that time zones are essentially set by the local research stations, I conclude that Chile and Argentina would win the war because their time zone has the most coastland and so they would have the most penguins on their side.