February 24, 2023. 18 C. Cloudy sky, Rolly-Polly Seas. Nine hours behind West Coast Time
A little about Time Zones and International date Line stuff. This subject is of no concern unless you cross the International Date Line or are trying to figure out what time it is somewhere around the world.
My kids would like to have some idea what time is it where we are, on the ship as I often phone them when in port in the morning.
Time of day is one thing, what day it is is another thing. I write on my blog each time we have a Time Change on the ship.
Right now, and a few days after we sailed, [west], we were behind West Coast Time, eventually we will be ahead of West Coast Time. When does that happen you say?
We lost a whole day when we crossed the International Date Line East of New Zealand about a month ago.
If the question were to be… “When will we be in the same DAY as west Coast Time?”
The answer would be… “We have been in the same Day for part of the day since we crossed the date line and increasing an hour each time we move our ship’s clocks back.
Yesterday, by sheer coincidence,we passed the 100 Degree East Longitude mark. We were 180 Degrees away from Fort Lauderdale. [Exactly 1/2 way around the world, That is 12 time zones, so we have been in the same DAY as Fort Lauderdale for 12 of the 24 hours today. That time difference will decrease an hour each time zone change on the ship until we are in the same time zone as Fort Lauderdale, all day, and that is the day the cruise ends, May 12! Too much information, but not for me on a sea day!
- This information is very likely of no interest to anyone except me, and maybe my kids! -
Not A Bad Day, All In All...
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