question...

Preppy Raver · Post by **Preppy Raver** » Mar 6 2006 03:51 pm

what is the propose of different time zones within one continent or nation, such as the U.S.?

dirrrteeee · Post by **dirrrteeee** » Mar 6 2006 05:14 pm

too much to copy and paste

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_zone

Larz · Post by **Larz** » Mar 6 2006 08:31 pm

because if we didn't, the people in california right now, wouldn't have morning daylite until 11:00 am
http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/E ... ion?opt=-p
http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Earth
you can view these from different satellites and orbits

manus · Post by **manus** » Mar 6 2006 10:17 pm

cause the earth is not flat.

JamesDupree · Post by **JamesDupree** » Mar 7 2006 01:00 pm

wow, I gave you credit for being a little smarter than that. oops credit withdrawn

Preppy Raver · Post by **Preppy Raver** » Mar 7 2006 01:36 pm

JamesDupree wrote:wow, I gave you credit for being a little smarter than that. oops credit withdrawn

HA!!!

i got my words messed up, i meant daylight savings time....not times zones.

manus · Post by **manus** » Mar 7 2006 02:15 pm

Preppy Raver wrote:
JamesDupree wrote:wow, I gave you credit for being a little smarter than that. oops credit withdrawn

HA!!!

i got my words messed up, i meant daylight savings time....not times zones.

Thats due to the earth revolving around the sun and the axes of the earth not being straight up and down like "|", but it being slanted like "". If you did not daylight savings time, you would notice a big difference when the sun comes up and when it sets. Hope that helps.