Time Zones and the New Year

[Ikz]

Never really thought about this before, but how do we base a new year around the world? If I were to stand behind the EST Borderline, it would technically still be 2009 merely feet ahead of me.

I guess it could be said about any time really, but for an hour you can hop between years. Major flaw in the time system.

[Ultra]

I've often laid awake at night contemplating this myself.

[gfdgfd]

Hmm, i really don't understand how the timezones work in that way, that it could be 4.00 when youre 5 ft away from somewhere where it's 5.00, makes no sense whatsoever, you'd expect them to be a minute apart o.O what the hell happens if you live on the border of the timezone and you have to go back and forth? o.O

[Creamie pies]

When do I get the free candy?

[Jim]

YOU JUST BROKE THE UNIVERSE YOU DICK!

[Shut Up Kid]

OH NOEZ WE MUST FIX TEH UNIVERSE FUCK TEH INTRANEX, WE HAVE TO SAVE TEH YUNIVERSE

[dmonspawn]

OH NOEZ WE MUST FIX TEH UNIVERSE FUCK TEH INTRANEX, WE HAVE TO SAVE TEH YUNIVERSE

dont you think its a little late for that with 2012 and all?

[Shut Up Kid]

NO FUCK TEH MYANS WE HAVE TO SAVE TEH YUNIVERS3

[Beastdefire]

People have experienced the New Year more than once by flying on Concords.

[Shut Up Kid]

^ next year ima fly all around the world and have like 10 new year parties

[Sam|Hooded]

I've often laid awake at night contemplating this myself.

[Ethan|Unicornz]

lol i usually think about this with birthdays... could I be a year older then a year younger again by stepping a few meters?

[Zany]

Dont tell anyone. i plan on doing business abusing this.

[Berniej]

lol i usually think about this with birthdays... could I be a year older then a year younger again by stepping a few meters?

Or the other way around, go to another part of the world to be 18 earlier then normal, I'd say fly to holland and smoke sum  B).

[Zero]

Never thought of this tbh.. :ph43r:

I wonder if people between the age of 17 & 18 or 20 & 21 is abusing this '-'

[Shut Up Kid]

I have gotten so many ideas from this topic...

[katalyst]

They shape the time zone lines so they don't run through major cities or anything. You can also watch the ball drop in all the major cities. An hour after the eastern one drops, you see the central one, an hour after that, 4 hours or whatever prior to the eastern one you see the one over in whatever place they have in europe. I think the GMT line runs through some church or something tho. Hmm, you know it's really not that big of a deal. It's just whatever time people think it is.

[xfreshpurex|Jordan]

Hmmm.... very interesting.

[Ikz]

They shape the time zone lines so they don't run through major cities or anything. You can also watch the ball drop in all the major cities. An hour after the eastern one drops, you see the central one, an hour after that, 4 hours or whatever prior to the eastern one you see the one over in whatever place they have in europe. I think the GMT line runs through some church or something tho. Hmm, you know it's really not that big of a deal. It's just whatever time people think it is.

Prime Meridian? lol

[Jef|Ohh]

I've heard about people having multiple new years parties by flying back with an airplane to a place where it isn't new year yet.

[I C0NN0R I]

why is this such a mindfuck to some people? time is a concept created by humans, it's still the same moment in "time" whether your in the northern hemisphere or the southern hemisphere, we just use the position of the sun to judge when we act.

[Eppl]

I once had a 29 hour birthday, travelled from london>miami