OT: Time Zones

[Kitsune06]

...is it fair to still totally and completely hate the concept of time zones?

[chickwhorips]

what happens if you live and go to school on one side of a time zone and the other side is your work. which time zone do you follow?

[li10up]

If we didn't have time zones then at 10:00 am, for example, it would still be pitch dark in many places but broad daylight in others. I can't imagine a world without time zones.

[mtkitchn]

I'm flying to Sydney in March and will lose March 13th altogether. THAT is scary!!!

[chickwhorips]

i lost december 2nd last year, but had two dec 24th (or a really long one.)

gotta love flying over the international date line.

[IFjane]

i lost december 2nd last year, but had two dec 24th (or a really long one.)

gotta love flying over the international date line.

OMG. I have a hard enough time flying from coast-to-coast.....I can't imagine keeping up with whole days!

[light_sabe_r]

Can't explain where it comes from, All I know is SA is Half an hour ahead of QLD at the moment because of Daylight savings... and SA is WEST of Queensland.

>_< I feel sorry for the peeople of Coolangatta (gold coast QLD) and the Tweed (NSW)... You can basically cross the street and be in a different time zone at the moment.

[Mr. Bloom]

what happens if you live and go to school on one side of a time zone and the other side is your work. which time zone do you follow?

This is very common in Indiana. I live in two different time zones between our two homes. Weekdays, I live and work in Eastern; weekends in central. I keep my watches, car clocks, and biological clock in eastern which means that I often fall asleep very early on the weekends.

Let's not forget, time is a man-made creation. Our reference points (the earth's rotation and solar orbit) don't change. It's inconvenient to straddle the line, but not the end of the world.

[Mr. Bloom]

Hey Silv...funny we were responding at the same time but in two different time zones!!

[crazycanuck]

K..whilst driving to melbourne last christmas we weren't aware that approximately half way into Western Australia there's a time change of 45 min. Then another time change when we hit the border with South Australia.

I still have no idea why..but then again this is Western Australia & a lot of things just don't make sense here..

Now if didn't have to stay up until midnight during the week to call my mom all would be cool.

Lovely time zones.

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[Trekhawk]

K..whilst driving to melbourne last christmas we weren't aware that approximately half way into Western Australia there's a time change of 45 min.
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A lot of people dont know about this because its an unofficial time zone.

Read about it here under the Trivia heading.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_zone

I have travelled from Western Australia to the East coast and back more times than I care to remember and never worried about this time change, just changed when we got to the border.

When we travelled to the USA it was Xmas Eve when we left and Xmas Eve when we arrived. Poor kids had two Xmas Eves to wait through before Santa arrived.

[Duck on Wheels]

When we travelled to the USA it was Xmas Eve when we left and Xmas Eve when we arrived. Poor kids had two Xmas Eves to wait through before Santa arrived.

Ah, now this was when the kids wished they were Norwegian, right? In Norway Xmas eve is the big day -- big family dinner, then unwrap the gifts. If they'd been Norwegian kids on that trip they'd've demanded a double set of presents.