In the United States for those areas that currently observe Daylight Savings Time, our clocks will be set back an hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday, October 29. For the sake of this question, assume that a speeding ticket is issued at 2:15 a.m. on Sunday, October 29. If another ticket is issued an hour later, at a time that would also be 2:15 a.m. on Sunday, October 29, how would the two times be differentiated?
2006-10-27 13:58:55 · 8 answers · asked by Ivallinen Roisto 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Okay, so I didn't quite think it all the way through. Change 2:15 a.m. to 1:15 a.m., and ignore the officer or other variables with the ticket. This question is strictly about the time that would be recorded on some type of official documentation.
2006-10-27 14:31:20 · update #1
As for my plans early in the morning of October 29, I plan to either be asleep, watching TV, or on the computer. This is a hypothetical situation.
2006-10-27 15:35:30 · update #2
At 2AM the clock drops back to 1AM. So 2:15 will only occur once that night. However 1:15 will happen twice. But the first will be 1:15 EDT and the second will be 1:15 EST, that is in the eastern timezone.
Also, I believe the judge would be smart enough to understand the time change. Duh!
2006-10-27 14:06:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
?ST, Standard time, DST, Daylight Savings Time.
The first ticket would not be able to show the time 2:15, DST. The time changed at 2:00 to 1:00 ST.
At 2:15, the first ticket would show a time of 1:15 ST. A second ticket could be issued an hour later, 2:15 ST.
In reality 2:00, on a clock, at that moment, does not exist for either DST or ST. At 1;59, it's DST. At 2:00, it's 1:00 ST.
One driver could be issued a ticket at 1:59 DST.
A second driver could be issued a ticket a minute later and the time would show as
1:00 ST.
Are you planning on confusing the courts? Like, you could not have been at two locations within the time shown?
2006-10-27 21:47:03 · answer #2 · answered by ed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They couldn't be issued an hour apart.
At 2am the clock goes back to 1am there would only be 1 - 2:15am October 29.
Now if the question is at 1:15am, then this might happen. The other answerer is correct EDT/EST (d=daylight s=standard).
It wouldn't matter to the judge whether the ticket occured before the change or not, the officer would still be right and you would still pay.
2006-10-27 21:08:46 · answer #3 · answered by Gem 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cops arent that bright. If you sped thru town at 1 am and got a ticket , it would say 1 am. If you then sped around town for another hour and the cop caught you again, at 2 am daylight saving time, which is equal to 1 am standard time, I bet the cop would simply write you a second ticket, with the same date, and the time marked as 2 am. He would forget to change his watch until he got home at 7 am when his wife reminded him.
If the ticket was printed by computer of course, there would be a notation for DST and ST.
2006-10-27 21:56:49 · answer #4 · answered by cosmowinterbottom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ticket Numbers, location and the officer names that issued the 2 tickets would be different! Won't have to do anything with Math.
considering your comments, they can use GMT to track the time the tickets were issued. GMT never changes and doesn't matter if the DST is observed or not. But I don't think this is the way they track tickets.
2006-10-27 21:04:49 · answer #5 · answered by smarties 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey, that would be a cool one to see in court; bet you would beat it. By the by, it's Daylight Saving Time.
Luckily, I live in Saskatchewan, Canada where we do not change our clocks, we stay on Daylight Saving Time all year round. Hooray for progress!
2006-10-27 21:09:14 · answer #6 · answered by Lydia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be necessary to label the tickets with the time in effect as of issuance, e.g. 2:15 AM EDT.
2006-10-27 21:05:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. You could get it past most judges that one was in error.
2006-10-27 21:03:24 · answer #8 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋