Time zones are weird!

youtube!

Do you realise that if you lived in Tonga that the time is approx 10.26 a.m on Monday 26th Sept.

But if you lived a mere 300 miles away in Samoa that it is 10.26 a.m on Sunday 25th Sept.

Now isnt that just a bit bizzare?

Gordon

Not really, no.

Mena

Bizarre ? No. Earth rotates around sun, big shadow day night etc. Perfectly logical!

o1s1n

So what you're saying is that the secret to time travel is being held on to by the Tongas and the Samoans?

The bastards!

El Weirdo

youtube! wrote: »

Now isnt that just a bit bizzare?

Only if you are retarded.

Kevin Duffy

I live in neither Tonga nor Samoa, but thanks for the warning.

Chuck Stone

It's all relative.

youtube!

Lads seriously it would be like a 24hr difference between London and Dublin, I think its weird that 2 places can be so close together and yet a whole day apart!

CoolHat

Usual AH pi*s takers :rolleyes:

Isnt Ireland only something like 170 miles wide?
So by having a 24 hour time difference for 300 miles is quite odd. Thats like saying eastern parts of the uk would be on a total different timezone.

Flincher

I played rugby against a Tongan guy and I was knocked into the next week.

youtube!

Well looks like the fun is over just found this


http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/09/samoa-plans-to-move-clocks-24-hours

Queen-Mise

CoolHat wrote: »

Usual AH pi*s takers :rolleyes:

Isnt Ireland only something like 170 miles wide?
So by having a 24 hour time difference for 300 miles is quite odd. Thats like saying eastern parts of the uk would be on a total different timezone.

Not even a different time zone but would be a full day behind. People in London would have their bank holidays a day earlier than those in Cornwall :D:D

There would some fun trying to sort out Xmas night - but Daddy Santa came to cousin John already.:rolleyes:;):D

PseudoFamous

Flincher wrote: »

I played rugby against a Tongan guy and I was knocked into the next week.

Playing on a Sunday, so?

El Weirdo

CoolHat wrote: »

Usual AH pi*s takers :rolleyes:

If you don't like it, go somewhere else.

Oh, and :rolleyes:.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

The problem with time zones is if you are flying with a Mogwai you may feed them before midnight but the little fella crosses a time zone and swallows down a seed that was stuck in his teeth or something and becomes a Gremlin

barbarians

Think this has something to do with Samoa changing its time zone recently and being closer in time to Australia and New Zealand to improve trade and the economy.

Funny anecdote: Marvin Barnes (NBA) who played for the Spirit of St. Louis, didn't understand the concept of time zones. He was reluctant to board a flight scheduled to leave Louisville at 8 a.m. and land in St. Louis at 7:59 a.m. because, he explained, "I ain't goin' on no time machine."

robbie_998

i always thought it would be funny to find a time zone line and be able to walk back and forth in about 10 seconds

so one minuet its 1:00
and the next minuet its 2:00

but then you walk back and its 1:00 again

:pac:

4leto

Tis indeed weird in this earth centred universe.

youtube!

robbie_998 wrote: »

i always thought it would be funny to find a time zone line and be able to walk back and forth in about 10 seconds

so one minuet its 1:00
and the next minuet its 2:00

but then you walk back and its 1:00 again

:pac:

you cant imagine how much I would LOVE to do that, Do you know of such a magical place?

robbie_998

youtube! wrote: »

you cant imagine how much I would LOVE to do that, Do you know of such a magical place?

well the US alone has 4 different time zones.

and the big plot of land called the EU has it too like between Portugal and spain and many others !

El Weirdo

Edit: Actually, I'm talking bollocks again.

sheesh

so op are you suggesting that we blast the international dateline with piss?

CoolHat

El Weirdo wrote: »

If you don't like it, go somewhere else.

Oh, and :rolleyes:.

Make me

Evade

Or you could go to Antarctica, stand in a certain spot and be in every time zone.

youtube!

Evade wrote: »

Or you could go to Antarctica, stand in a certain spot and be in every time zone.

My head has just exploded thats just too mind bogglin!!

Tony10

anyway its 10:55pm now.so your wrong.

El Weirdo

CoolHat wrote: »

Make me

I'm not going to try to make anyone do anything. It just pisses me off when people come into AH and complain about pisstake responses to questions.

Liam Byrne

CoolHat wrote: »

Usual AH pi*s takers :rolleyes:

Isnt Ireland only something like 170 miles wide?
So by having a 24 hour time difference for 300 miles is quite odd. Thats like saying eastern parts of the uk would be on a total different timezone.

No, it's like saying that France is in a different timezone to the UK.

Which, amazingly, it is - despite it only being a short 350-mile channel-hop / train ride away......not much more than the 300 that the OP referred to.

The difference is, of course, that the two countries they are on about straddle the International Date Line.

4leto

Some chap is actually claiming the Earth goes around the sun its really a helio centred universe,, what next will these heretics come up with.

Burn them I say Burn them all.

DjFlin

Presley Broad Hydrant wrote: »

The problem with time zones is if you are flying with a Mogwai you may feed them before midnight but the little fella crosses a time zone and swallows down a seed that was stuck in his teeth or something and becomes a Gremlin

I worry about that, every day of my life.

westendgirlie

Evade wrote: »

Or you could go to Antarctica, stand in a certain spot and be in every time zone.

I'd be afraid of going there. I could fall off the bottom of the world! Where would I land?

CoolHat

El Weirdo wrote: »

I'm not going to try to make anyone do anything. It just pisses me off when people come into AH and complain about pisstake responses to questions.

In fairness man, most every thread is usually populated by first replies that are nothing more than "thank whore" posts. Rather than discussing the topic.

Lets say someone posts a news article about a man being electrocuted to death ....

1st reply, "shocking stuff!"
2nd reply, "his wife said she will never forget the spark in his eye when they met" etc

Seems mandatory to make such replies early on.

4leto

I would love the Earth to have all the same time zones, the world cup rugby schedule is really pissing me off.

Them Kiwis should Cop the fook ON

El Weirdo

CoolHat wrote: »

In fanirness man, most every thread is usually populated by first replies that are nothing more than "thank whore" posts. Rather than discussing the topic.

Lets say someone posts a news article about a man being electrocuted to death ....

1st reply, "shocking stuff!"
2nd reply, "his wife said she will never forget the spark in his eye when they met" etc

Seems mandatory to make such replies early on.

Then complain about it in feedback. If you don't like it there are hundreds of other forums on boards to have a serious discussion about whatever topic you want to talk about without all the thanks-whoring.

If that's what you want. But clearly, the OP posted in here and has been here long enough to know what to expect. As have you.

LH Pathe

4leto wrote: »

I would love the Earth to have all the same time zones, the world cup rugby schedule is really pissing me off.

at least they spared me an apparent "war of dreary attrition" with the late kickoff this mornight

CoolHat

El Weirdo wrote: »

Then complain about it in feedback. If you don't like it there are hundreds of other forums on boards to have a serious discussion about whatever topic you want to talk about without all the thanks-whoring.

If that's what you want. But clearly, the OP posted in here and has been here long enough to know what to expect. As have you.

Yeah you're right.
If you got a problem go somewhere else. I'll remember to say that with every thread on here. Its not like this is a discussion forum or anything. :pac:

Would be a very boring place if we agreed on everything now wouldnt it. But i am deeply sorry El Weirdo tho. I should of replied with "who cares" or "why does it bother you?" or joke post. Please forgive me.

Cookie_Monster

4leto wrote: »

I would love the Earth to have all the same time zones, the world cup rugby schedule is really pissing me off.

Them Kiwis should Cop the fook ON

lol, it's great here.

stop livin in the past man

El Weirdo

CoolHat wrote: »

Yeah you're right.
If you got a problem go somewhere else. I'll remember to say that with every thread on here.

But that's not what I said though, is it?

bnt

There was a F1 Grand Prix in Singapore today: it's very close to the Equator, so they don't have seasons as we know it. You might think they'd have no need for Daylight Savings Time, but they do, except that it's always on. Geographically they're about 7h ahead of GMT, but their clocks are set to GMT+8, so their daylight runs from about 7AM to 7PM all year. :cool:

4leto

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

lol, it's great here.

stop livin in the past man

LOL
So I will blame you

I am actually drinking a Hino now and it is sponsoring the World Cup

But 6.30, 8,30 and 9,30

What do they think I am.