. However, we can do something about timezones and daylight savings, namely simply don't have them. Use a single meridian (on Earth UTC) as the single time for everywhere. This would mean that night and day start are at different times of the day in different places on Earth. So the local night would be from 06:33 to 18:33 (not exact) if you live in Fiji for example. You will get used to it. The first settlement on another planet would establish the 'base' meridian.
Yet another issue is the year relative to day/night cycles and the year relative to the 'fixed' stars. They are not the same, though conveniently on Earth there is only about 20.34167 minutes difference see
Adopting a Sidereal year as a standard would be more universal than a Solar year, and with the adoption of a standard meridian, this would mean the day night start cycles would vary everywhere. Again, this would be strange at first, but our descendants will adapt and for a multi-planet species that will be simpler. We would have to use a calendar conversion app to work out data/times and their conversion, but we cannot be a multi-planet species without technology, so that will simply be taken for granted by our descendants.
N body problems and Ellipses
All orbits are ellipses. All orbits are around a common centre of gravity. Any solar system is essentially an N body problem and closed form solutions do not exists, just numerical solutions
Elliptical orbits will also make the duration of seasons vary in length over time and the N body dynamics, especial in systems with multiple heavy bodies, such as multiple stars, will make calendars inaccurate after a time.
So the modelling above inherently has a chaotic element. This cannot be avoided, however humans will probably choose to live in relative stable solar systems for the most part.
There are also 'wandering' planets, bodies that do not orbit a star. These bodies will still have a day relative to the 'fixed' stars but no astronomical year. A 'year of convenience' might be appropriate here, choose a convenient year length relative to the day length or simply adopt a calendar from elsewhere, such as Earth, as the day length may not be interesting (it is always dark).
Calendars used by a space fairing race need to be designed based on a generic and flexible scheme. Automated conversion between any 2 calendars is essential. There are local choices to be made too. Calendar development is a process, but we can help future generations by trying now to make this as simple and consistent as possible.
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I offer my candidacy for the Asgardian Parlament.
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