Spring Forward

[GA Umpire]

I hope everyone remembered to "Spring Forward" last night.

[riffraft]

I hope everyone remembered to "Spring Forward" last night.

One of the best things about Arizona.  No time change

[GA Umpire]

 One of the best things about Arizona.  No time change

 

[Tom.OH]

I sure could've used that hour of beauty sleep, maybe more. I was not thrilled when my alarm went off at 4:45am...

[Ralph Damren]

A  to the shortest day of the year at 23 hours. Today's useless trivia : What time is it at the North Pole    ? (5-man crew)

[Grant - AR]

Today's useless trivia : What time is it at the North Pole    ? (5-man crew)

I had to google that one.  Here's one thing I found:

The North Pole is located in the Arctic Ocean, and as such does not have a time zone. Ships at sea generally use whatever time is most convenient for them, and theoretically the time at the North Pole would be whatever time suits the ships travelling there.

So, I guess it's whatever time you want it to be at the North Pole.  5:00???

[Kalle]

A  to the shortest day of the year at 23 hours. Today's useless trivia : What time is it at the North Pole    ? (5-man crew)

I think that question is moot (as carol1995 explained), but a non-trivial related question: What time is it at the South Pole?

[Legacy Zebra]

Although Antarctica as a whole doesn’t necessarily follow strict timezones on account of it technically covering all 24 in a small span, the South Pole is GMT (or Zulu Time for some of y’all).

[Kalle]

Although Antarctica as a whole doesn’t necessarily follow strict timezones on account of it technically covering all 24 in a small span, the South Pole is GMT (or Zulu Time for some of y’all).

Good guess but happens to be incorrect Hint: if you are at the exact location of the South Pole, where did you come from and where do you go to, most likely?

[Magician]

One of the best things about Arizona.  No time change

 

Indiana didn't observe DST until a few years ago. While I'm fine with never switching, it is a PITA when you work with people regularly around the country and somewhat around the world who do observe DST. It makes scheduling meetings, especially regular (weekly/monthly) meetings challenging. The time of the meeting changes for attendees depending on who scheduled the meeting (inside Indiana or outside Indiana). If you don't work regularly with people outside your state, it's much less of an issue.

[Ralph Damren]

I was once told that if you were beyond 80 degrees north or south lat. you we considered in GMT as ,where all the time zones met at the poles, you would be able to celebrate a New Year 24 times by taking a step every hour if you were straddling the North or South Pole. I agree with many of you that it would be probably easier to just using the time zone you came from.

PS : Maine is at 45 N Lat., so it is probably not a worry that I should worry about. The Twilight Zone , one can worry 

[Etref]

Good guess but happens to be incorrect Hint: if you are at the exact location of the South Pole, where did you come from and where do you go to, most likely?

North! Is the direction


The time? Time to get the heck out, it’s too cooolllllddddd!

[Kalle]

Good guess but happens to be incorrect Hint: if you are at the exact location of the South Pole, where did you come from and where do you go to, most likely?

The "right" answer (I concede that this is just a convention, so LZ's answer of GMT is not wrong) is that the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, which is currently located at about 100 yards from the South Pole, uses New Zealand time as the base is supplied from NZ.

[bama_stripes]

One of my crew members recently returned to the sunny south from a 9-week encampment at the South Pole. He has yet to thaw out.

[Punter]

Mistake