Does time have a speed?

Question

does time go the speed of light?

Answer 1

Good question. Im guessing that it doesnt. Its just time. Time is usually used to measure speed. (Miles per hour). So I would say no, it does not.

Answer 2

Yes it does have a speed. But it CANNOT go at the speed of light. If it does, you won't even be moving, as nothing can travel faster than the speed of light and if time is already the speed of light, all of us will be travelling at the speed of light and cannot tilt (move) a single bit or time will be slower.
Just like two beams of light shining horizontally, but one tilted slightly downwards. The beam tilted slightly downwards will not travel as far (in length) as the beam shining directly horizontally. So if time is travelling at the speed of light, we can't be moving.
Time has speed, if you were to live in the fourth dimension, and there are two objects going through the "timeth" dimension, one faster than the other, then the faster one has more speed than the slower one less speed. Our time has a speed, it can be slowing down or speeding up, sadly we don't know.

Answer 3

You are making the assumption that time exists.

Maybe time is just a function of an intelligent life form trying to side step death. Like a knowing when to step out of the way of a moving car.

If time does exist then I would say no because it is intimately tied into the fabric of space. To change time's speed would be to remove yourself from this universe, and be in or create another universe with the new speed of time, which may not be stable.

Answer 4

time is a construct our mind imposes on the world around us to make sense of objects in space time. Time is therefore subjective and would only appear to speed up or slow down depending on the vantage point of the observer without actually speeding up or slowing down.

Example:
If you took a pair of twins, sent one to outer space at light speed (assuming it was even possible) then had him come back, the two of you would experience time differently. You'd be an old man while he'd have aged only a little. Whose perception of time is accurate? Both. But time elapsed would appear different depending on who was observing it.

So the answer is no, time does not have speed.

Answer 5

Time stops at the speed of light. Time stands still.

Answer 6

Clocks have a speed. Time as you measure it goes at the speed of your clock. Your time, as some other observer would measure it, might go more slowly (as far as he's concerned) but you wouldn't notice a difference.

If you want to imagine that someone travelling fast is "catching up" to time--at least from your perspective that might seem true, because his clock will appear to run more slowly than yours, and progressively so as he approaches lightspeed. But it is not so for him. In fact, from his perspective, your clock is the slowly ticking one. If time "travels at the speed of light," then it does so for all observers.

Answer 7

Time doesn't have a speed. However, it's a reference that can be used with other other interesting things such as location, direction, and speed. ie, an object can be at a point in space, going in a particular direction, at a certain speed at one point in time. And, in another point in time, an object can be somewhere else.

I don't think time really means anything by itself. You really need other points of reference to make time useful. I think that's where Einstein gets the idea of space-time and relativity.

Answer 8

Time is a dimension of reality. Speed is a measurement of motion. Time is not a physical object. It can't have a speed. Some speak of time "speeding up" or "slowing down". This is only a description of perceived reality, not of physical motion.

Answer 9

no time is relative only to the observer.the theory of relativity gets rid of absolute time. according to the general theory of relativity space and time are dynamic. when a body moves or is acted on by a force it affects the curvature of space AND time. In fact it has been proven that 2 exactly calibrated clocks mounted at the top and bottom of a water tower will show different elapsed times.this test was acctually done in the 60's to test a prediction of GTR. I beleive that Stephen Hawking wrote of this in A Breif History of Time

Answer 10

time is a measurment, not a particle. Light is photon particles so it can be measured. time is merely a man made way to calibrate age of objects and to make it easier for everyone to conform to certain schedules of various types and for various reasons through out history.