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TIME QUESTION? Ok....let's see if I can say this right. 
What or who decided on the day and times for the world? What I mean is.....in Australia, we are a day ahead of you guys. What made them decide that? We could have easily been a day behind you and still kept the times the same. So my question is, why are we ahead of you and what made them decide that we would be? Am I making any sence here?  | |
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Stop thinking!!
Stop it right now!!!!! "Nobody makes me bleed my own blood...NOBODY!"
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It's all too much for a Friday night here in the UK to be asking such questions.  | |
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we thought you needed a head start, with being aussies and such  | |
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JDINTERACTIVE said: It's all too much for a Friday night here in the UK to be asking such questions.
SEE!!!! That's what I'm talking about! It's Saturday moning here.....why????? | |
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Alli you're so profound  | |
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Well, they had to put the International Date Line somewhere. 
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CarrieMpls said: Well, they had to put the International Date Line somewhere.
But why? | |
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althom said:  | |
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I thought somone might have a good reason. | |
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How can we say that time exists? I mean how can we say that there is a 'phyical' factor called time, and to the extent that it plays an integral part in the happenings within the universe. Do you think that time is actually a real 'force'? Or that we simply invented time to put a reference on the passage of events? | |
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althom said:
I thought somone might have a good reason. It's because your clocks run slow... 
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JDINTERACTIVE said: How can we say that time exists? I mean how can we say that there is a 'phyical' factor called time, and to the extent that it plays an integral part in the happenings within the universe. Do you think that time is actually a real 'force'? Or that we simply invented time to put a reference on the passage of events?
Stop answering my question with questions!!!!! | |
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althom said: JDINTERACTIVE said: How can we say that time exists? I mean how can we say that there is a 'phyical' factor called time, and to the extent that it plays an integral part in the happenings within the universe. Do you think that time is actually a real 'force'? Or that we simply invented time to put a reference on the passage of events?
Stop answering my question with questions!!!!! My questions were more 'profound'. That's your trouble! | |
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JDINTERACTIVE said: althom said: Stop answering my question with questions!!!!! My questions were more 'profound'. That's your trouble! It's Saturday morning here...I can't think!!!!  | |
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It has to do with math and the way the earth rotates. | |
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I can't believe I am helping the robot here...but lessons to be learned...
Time Zones: Their Invention and Implementation The Earth is divided into 24 time zones so that everyone in the world can be on roughly similar schedules (like noon being roughly when the sun is highest in the sky). The idea to divide the Earth into time zones was proposed by the Canadian railway planner and engineer Sir Sandford Fleming (1827 - 1915) in the late 1870s. Time zones were first used in 1883 by railroads in order to standardize their schedules. World time zones were determined in 1884, at an international conference in Washington, D.C. Each of the 24 world time zones are about 15 degrees wide and differ by one hour. Early Time Keeping: Until about 100 years ago, each city set its clocks to local time -- noon was the time when the Sun was at its highest in the sky, as viewed from that city. Even neighboring cities needed to set their clocks differently to make this happen. For example, when it was 8:00 in New York City, it was 8:12 in Boston (because Boston is about 3 degrees east of New York). Before modern transportation and communication, this difference didn't really matter. A Need for Synchronized Schedules: Once railroads were built, this became very awkward. Train schedules needed to be written using common time settings that everybody agreed to, so the U.S. railroad companies adopted the idea of time zones. This was soon extended internationally, with the world being divided into 24 time zones, each one a long strip from North Pole to South Pole, about 15 degrees of longitude wide. All the people in one time zone would set their clock the same way (to the local time in the center of the time zone). 24 Hours in a Day and 24 Time Zones: Since there are 24 hours in a day, dividing the Earth into 24 time zones meant that everybody was using a time setting very close to their local time -- there's at most about a half-hour difference. So 7:00 am was still in the morning, 12 noon was still in the middle of the day, and 7:00 pm was still in the evening. But this was much more convenient than the older system of using local time. Most neighboring cities use the same time zone settings. Even if two cities are in different time zones, the time settings always differ by a whole number of hours (1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, etc.), making it easy to convert from the time in one time zone to the time in the other. Today, most countries use this time zone system. (In a few places, clocks are set to be 15 minutes or 30 minutes different from the time according to the standardized time zone system.) The International Date Line: The prime meridian (zero-degrees longitude) passes through Greenwich, England. Halfway around the world in the middle of the Pacific Ocean (180 degrees from Greenwich) is the International Date Line (IDL), where the date changes across the boundary of the time zone. The entire world is on the same date only at the instant when it is noon in Greenwich, England, and midnight at the IDL. At all other times, there are different dates on each side of the IDL. So there you have it. Christian Zombie Vampires | |
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time is a trick! :purpleunicorn:
time for a brick!  | |
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Time is as long as a very short wick. Christian Zombie Vampires | |
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superspaceboy said: I can't believe I am helping the robot here...but lessons to be learned...
Time Zones: Their Invention and Implementation The Earth is divided into 24 time zones so that everyone in the world can be on roughly similar schedules (like noon being roughly when the sun is highest in the sky). The idea to divide the Earth into time zones was proposed by the Canadian railway planner and engineer Sir Sandford Fleming (1827 - 1915) in the late 1870s. Time zones were first used in 1883 by railroads in order to standardize their schedules. World time zones were determined in 1884, at an international conference in Washington, D.C. Each of the 24 world time zones are about 15 degrees wide and differ by one hour. Early Time Keeping: Until about 100 years ago, each city set its clocks to local time -- noon was the time when the Sun was at its highest in the sky, as viewed from that city. Even neighboring cities needed to set their clocks differently to make this happen. For example, when it was 8:00 in New York City, it was 8:12 in Boston (because Boston is about 3 degrees east of New York). Before modern transportation and communication, this difference didn't really matter. A Need for Synchronized Schedules: Once railroads were built, this became very awkward. Train schedules needed to be written using common time settings that everybody agreed to, so the U.S. railroad companies adopted the idea of time zones. This was soon extended internationally, with the world being divided into 24 time zones, each one a long strip from North Pole to South Pole, about 15 degrees of longitude wide. All the people in one time zone would set their clock the same way (to the local time in the center of the time zone). 24 Hours in a Day and 24 Time Zones: Since there are 24 hours in a day, dividing the Earth into 24 time zones meant that everybody was using a time setting very close to their local time -- there's at most about a half-hour difference. So 7:00 am was still in the morning, 12 noon was still in the middle of the day, and 7:00 pm was still in the evening. But this was much more convenient than the older system of using local time. Most neighboring cities use the same time zone settings. Even if two cities are in different time zones, the time settings always differ by a whole number of hours (1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, etc.), making it easy to convert from the time in one time zone to the time in the other. Today, most countries use this time zone system. (In a few places, clocks are set to be 15 minutes or 30 minutes different from the time according to the standardized time zone system.) The International Date Line: The prime meridian (zero-degrees longitude) passes through Greenwich, England. Halfway around the world in the middle of the Pacific Ocean (180 degrees from Greenwich) is the International Date Line (IDL), where the date changes across the boundary of the time zone. The entire world is on the same date only at the instant when it is noon in Greenwich, England, and midnight at the IDL. At all other times, there are different dates on each side of the IDL. So there you have it. That's what I wanted!!!!! | |
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althom said: superspaceboy said: I can't believe I am helping the robot here...but lessons to be learned...
Time Zones: Their Invention and Implementation The Earth is divided into 24 time zones so that everyone in the world can be on roughly similar schedules (like noon being roughly when the sun is highest in the sky). The idea to divide the Earth into time zones was proposed by the Canadian railway planner and engineer Sir Sandford Fleming (1827 - 1915) in the late 1870s. Time zones were first used in 1883 by railroads in order to standardize their schedules. World time zones were determined in 1884, at an international conference in Washington, D.C. Each of the 24 world time zones are about 15 degrees wide and differ by one hour. Early Time Keeping: Until about 100 years ago, each city set its clocks to local time -- noon was the time when the Sun was at its highest in the sky, as viewed from that city. Even neighboring cities needed to set their clocks differently to make this happen. For example, when it was 8:00 in New York City, it was 8:12 in Boston (because Boston is about 3 degrees east of New York). Before modern transportation and communication, this difference didn't really matter. A Need for Synchronized Schedules: Once railroads were built, this became very awkward. Train schedules needed to be written using common time settings that everybody agreed to, so the U.S. railroad companies adopted the idea of time zones. This was soon extended internationally, with the world being divided into 24 time zones, each one a long strip from North Pole to South Pole, about 15 degrees of longitude wide. All the people in one time zone would set their clock the same way (to the local time in the center of the time zone). 24 Hours in a Day and 24 Time Zones: Since there are 24 hours in a day, dividing the Earth into 24 time zones meant that everybody was using a time setting very close to their local time -- there's at most about a half-hour difference. So 7:00 am was still in the morning, 12 noon was still in the middle of the day, and 7:00 pm was still in the evening. But this was much more convenient than the older system of using local time. Most neighboring cities use the same time zone settings. Even if two cities are in different time zones, the time settings always differ by a whole number of hours (1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, etc.), making it easy to convert from the time in one time zone to the time in the other. Today, most countries use this time zone system. (In a few places, clocks are set to be 15 minutes or 30 minutes different from the time according to the standardized time zone system.) The International Date Line: The prime meridian (zero-degrees longitude) passes through Greenwich, England. Halfway around the world in the middle of the Pacific Ocean (180 degrees from Greenwich) is the International Date Line (IDL), where the date changes across the boundary of the time zone. The entire world is on the same date only at the instant when it is noon in Greenwich, England, and midnight at the IDL. At all other times, there are different dates on each side of the IDL. So there you have it. That's what I wanted!!!!!  ....You'll believe anything ..
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