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...and going East = +1 hour.
Well if you go West to a time zone, and East to the same time zone, then you'd end up at the same place obviously... But, surely the same place can't be 24 hours apart from itself?
Help my poor little brain and tell me what happens :(
Well if you go West to a time zone, and East to the same time zone, then you'd end up at the same place obviously... But, surely the same place can't be 24 hours apart from itself?
Help my poor little brain and tell me what happens :(
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munn wrote:
> Emitime wrote:
> But in day terms, when in one it would be Tuesday 7am, it would be
> Wednesday 8am?
>
> Oh, and that's wrong, it's the other way around, because those
> times/days are 25 hours apart.
Shh.
> But the essence is right.
Hmm. Yes. Thought so.
Well I'm happy now. Thanks.
> Emitime wrote:
> But in day terms, when in one it would be Tuesday 7am, it would be
> Wednesday 8am?
>
> Oh, and that's wrong, it's the other way around, because those
> times/days are 25 hours apart.
Shh.
> But the essence is right.
Hmm. Yes. Thought so.
Well I'm happy now. Thanks.
Emitime wrote:
> But in day terms, when in one it would be Tuesday 7am, it would be
> Wednesday 8am?
Oh, and that's wrong, it's the other way around, because those times/days are 25 hours apart.
But the essence is right.
And you don't go "back in time" as such.
You just gain a day (or lose a day depending on which way you go) like you do when you go abroad.
I learned all this by reading around the world in 80 days, ebcause they didn't put their watches forward every day they thought they lost, but they got around the world with a day to spare.
:-)
> But in day terms, when in one it would be Tuesday 7am, it would be
> Wednesday 8am?
Oh, and that's wrong, it's the other way around, because those times/days are 25 hours apart.
But the essence is right.
And you don't go "back in time" as such.
You just gain a day (or lose a day depending on which way you go) like you do when you go abroad.
I learned all this by reading around the world in 80 days, ebcause they didn't put their watches forward every day they thought they lost, but they got around the world with a day to spare.
:-)
FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> You really think there's a line you can step over and go back in time
> 23 hours?
Ahaha, okay, there actually is.
Good times.
> You really think there's a line you can step over and go back in time
> 23 hours?
Ahaha, okay, there actually is.
Good times.
mattributé wrote:
> Hove, it goes around in a circle. Hence, then other side of the world
> will be same time as us.
>
> Angles at 90 degrees to us are where they change from being plusses
> or minus to reversing.
Pfffft. The world is a circle, so when it's 12pm here, it's 12am at the exact other side.
Because if it was 12pm there, the sun would be overhead both sides of the world at once.
YOU FOOL.
> Hove, it goes around in a circle. Hence, then other side of the world
> will be same time as us.
>
> Angles at 90 degrees to us are where they change from being plusses
> or minus to reversing.
Pfffft. The world is a circle, so when it's 12pm here, it's 12am at the exact other side.
Because if it was 12pm there, the sun would be overhead both sides of the world at once.
YOU FOOL.
Bullett wrote:
> Yes, but if you phone someone on the exact opposite side of the world,
> Would they be ahead or behind you, and who determines so?
The exact date line isn't a straight longitude line down the Earth, it avoids every single area of land to avoid this mind bogglingness.
It's quite cool.
> Yes, but if you phone someone on the exact opposite side of the world,
> Would they be ahead or behind you, and who determines so?
The exact date line isn't a straight longitude line down the Earth, it avoids every single area of land to avoid this mind bogglingness.
It's quite cool.
Emitime wrote:
> [URL]http://oldjadeair.aeroplux.com/charts/time.jpg[/URL]
>
> Yes. Picture.
>
> ...+11, +12, - 11, -10... etc
>
> Surely that'd leave a gap of 23 hours between two time zones?
>
> What happens there?
They're an entire day behind.
That's why Australia celebrates New Years at 1 pm our time, tehn, when you come home after your party at 9 am and flcik on teh TV you can see them celebrating New Years in Hawaii or whatever.
Emitime's right you hoves.
If you were to travel from China to the USA you would be travelling from Thursday into Wednesday.
The sun would be in the same plac (ish), but it's the day before.
> [URL]http://oldjadeair.aeroplux.com/charts/time.jpg[/URL]
>
> Yes. Picture.
>
> ...+11, +12, - 11, -10... etc
>
> Surely that'd leave a gap of 23 hours between two time zones?
>
> What happens there?
They're an entire day behind.
That's why Australia celebrates New Years at 1 pm our time, tehn, when you come home after your party at 9 am and flcik on teh TV you can see them celebrating New Years in Hawaii or whatever.
Emitime's right you hoves.
If you were to travel from China to the USA you would be travelling from Thursday into Wednesday.
The sun would be in the same plac (ish), but it's the day before.
there is too much thinking going on in this thread. its hurting my head, ouch.
Ah, I see. That makes my brain hurt.
D'oh.
D'oh.
Yes, but if you phone someone on the exact opposite side of the world, Would they be ahead or behind you, and who determines so?
Bullett wrote:
> That's the only thing that seems remotely boggling to me about time
> zones.
That's because you're thinking about it in terms of being able to get to one of these time zones instantly. You need to factor in the time it would take you to travel there.
> That's the only thing that seems remotely boggling to me about time
> zones.
That's because you're thinking about it in terms of being able to get to one of these time zones instantly. You need to factor in the time it would take you to travel there.
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