Question of time???

Question

when you travel , do you "lose" time because of time zones? This question has been killing me for a while.

thats exactly what im thinking prezious!!!! I feel soooooo confused!!!!

Answer 1

No. previous answeres explained why not.

now let me explain why you are actualy gaining time.

The theory of relativity says that the faster an object goes the less time it passes through.

Such that if a person were to go from here to the nearest star and back at half the speed of light, it would take 14ish years in each direction. thats 28 years to that person.

however the relative length of time on earth would be much longer. Hundreds of years.

So the faster you go, the more that time slows down.

also the more mass you get.... but thats just weird

Answer 2

No, you cannot lose time as such, nor (unfortunately) can you gain it.

If you travel east the time you spend in daylight will be shorter than if you travel west because in the first instance you are travelling against the sun (it is going in the other direction) and in the second instance you are travelling with the sun.

In fact if you travelled west at a rate that kept pace with the sun you would always be in daylight and have an unending day. However you would age normally and neither gain nor lose a second. This is not recommended - suicide rates increase during the long daylight periods at the poles.

Even if you crossed the International Date Line (an imaginary line which zigzags down the Pacific Ocean that separates two consecutive calendar days ) you would not lose/gain time despite entering a new day each time you crossed it.

Think how much more confused people were in the 16th century when the Gregorian Calendar (the one used now by most countries) was introduced to correct the old Julian Calander which was 'out' by about ten days - people protested in the streets that they were losing ten days of their lives! All that happened was that 10 days were dropped from the calander of that particular year (1582).

An average year (the time the earth usually takes to go around the sun) is actually around 365.2425 days long (not a convenient even 365) so we are continually having to make adjustments to stay in line with it - hence leap years when a day is added every 4 years. But perhaps that's more than enough already to answer your question?

Answer 3

Of course not; all you're doing is resetting your watch. The entire planet could be on one time zone and nothing would change (except that "day" and "night" would occur at different hours of the clock depending on where you were).

Answer 4

it depends on which direction you travel. the time is the same. the hour is the only thing that changes. if you are traveling east and cross from atlantic to eastern time, you set your clock one hour behind. the time you have been traveling is the same no matter what the clock says. you don't count the lost hour when you figure your travel time. hope this answers your question.

Answer 5

omg
ive been wondering that same thing too!
but i was also thinking, well havent we found out the secret of time then!? but you cant change what you did in any time zone! thats a good point
i dont think you "lose time" well...maybe you do
i dont know good question!

Answer 6

if you are going east you lose time and if you go west you gain time but to answer your question yes you do gain or lose time. this only applies to east and west traveling......north and south stays the same time

Answer 7

i think time looses u not the other way around