Time Zones

dellas1979

The things that go through my head....

If you lived somewhere, say for example, in the USA where the country has several timezones, is it possible that if you left your house, and travel to the shop, you could end up in another timezone? Is it possible?

Gordon

No, you can't cross timezones manually.

mikom

Your ould wan is so fat that she wears two watches.......... One for each Time Zone.

Mint Sauce

dellas1979 wrote: »

The things that go through my head....

If you lived somewhere, say for example, in the USA where the country has several timezones, is it possible that if you left your house, and travel to the shop, you could end up in another timezone? Is it possible?

maybe if you were traveling to a shop in another city or state, most would contained within one time zone for logistic/admin purposes

karlog

If you travel west you subtract one hour when entering a new time zone. When travelling east you add one hour.

PeakOutput

i was just wondering today while at work which time zone has the highest population?

any ideas

Donkey Oaty

The good folks of Morton County in North Dakota had this issue and it was decided that the whole county should be put in the same zone.

Read more about it here: http://govpulse.us/entries/2003/07/22/03-18610/relocation-of-standard-time-zone-boundary-in-the-state-of-north-dakota-morton-county

Donkey Oaty

PeakOutput wrote: »

i was just wondering today while at work which time zone has the highest population?

any ideas

Well, the whole of China is in one time zone - oddly enough - so it must be that one.

karlog

PeakOutput wrote: »

i was just wondering today while at work which time zone has the highest population?

any ideas

China i'd say

epgc3fyqirnbsx

It's like that old Gremlin problem. You can't feed them after midnight but what happens if you cross a timezone into midnight??

Overheal

dellas1979 wrote: »

The things that go through my head....

If you lived somewhere, say for example, in the USA where the country has several timezones, is it possible that if you left your house, and travel to the shop, you could end up in another timezone? Is it possible?

It would be rare. The most bizarre case however being the state of Indiana:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_the_United_States
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Indiana

My solution: dont live in Indiana. Simples.

Roomic Cube

if you lived in Samoa and went to a shop in Fiji you would lose a whole day

look up the international date line

Ruu_Old

I was late to an immigration meeting due to Indiana time! :mad:

pickarooney

Roomic Cube wrote: »

if you lived in Samoa and went to a shop in Fiji you would lose a whole day

look up the international date line

Just hope you don't forget to pick it up on the way home.

thetonynator

Overheal wrote: »

It would be rare. The most bizarre case however being the state of Indiana:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_the_United_States
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Indiana

My solution: dont live in Indiana. Simples.

I actually read all of that and now my head hurts. Why cant they just do things simply?!!!

There's a certain time of the day where it's three different days around the world.
Bit mad that it can be Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at the same time..

Thoie

dellas1979 wrote: »

The things that go through my head....

If you lived somewhere, say for example, in the USA where the country has several timezones, is it possible that if you left your house, and travel to the shop, you could end up in another timezone? Is it possible?

Yup - take a look here. I think a more important question is, if you zoom out from that location, what the hell is up with their weird circular fields?

bnt

Several US states are split between time zones - there's a handy map here. The split in Indiana was used in an episode of The West Wing, in which Air Force One landed in one time zone so the President could give a speech in another time zone, and the result was several White House staffers missing the plane home.

Roomic Cube

I always used to think it was cool that if you travel in one direction all the way to the edge of the the international date line, you can travel back or forward in time a whole day, as long as you stay there any never go back to where you came from