Time Zone Discussion

BahamutFlare · 08-15-2012, 02:02 AM

So me and a friend are arguing over time zones. And basically I have 2 questions, does 24:00 exist?

Part 2 which is the main part, what exactly happens where the time zone is +/-12. I'm a big calc fan, so when I look at a graph of the displacement, I see a no slope. Because the displacement of time goes from +23 to 0. In this case, I think it'd make more sense graphically and maybe mathematically for time zones to go from 0 to 12 to 0. We don't really need + or minus. Just take the absolute value using GMT.

It seems that if you travel around the world, you magically travel back in time 23 hours when reaching that certain point. Time flows so I just don't understand why reaching that point doesn't change the day. Why +0 isn't +24 also. +24 makes it a new day thus making it +0 again. You travel around in one way, so in a way, you experienced more or less earth rotations, I'd think.

In GMT, how does +12/-12 work? Both are the same reference point, but are the the same time, same day? Anyway that 'wall' where it changes drastically is my main curiosity in how it works. Thank you all for the discussion.

08-15-2012, 02:02 AM	#1
BahamutFlare Troopa Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: PA Posts: 34	Time Zone Discussion So me and a friend are arguing over time zones. And basically I have 2 questions, does 24:00 exist? Part 2 which is the main part, what exactly happens where the time zone is +/-12. I'm a big calc fan, so when I look at a graph of the displacement, I see a no slope. Because the displacement of time goes from +23 to 0. In this case, I think it'd make more sense graphically and maybe mathematically for time zones to go from 0 to 12 to 0. We don't really need + or minus. Just take the absolute value using GMT. It seems that if you travel around the world, you magically travel back in time 23 hours when reaching that certain point. Time flows so I just don't understand why reaching that point doesn't change the day. Why +0 isn't +24 also. +24 makes it a new day thus making it +0 again. You travel around in one way, so in a way, you experienced more or less earth rotations, I'd think. In GMT, how does +12/-12 work? Both are the same reference point, but are the the same time, same day? Anyway that 'wall' where it changes drastically is my main curiosity in how it works. Thank you all for the discussion.