2006-10-30 20:05:31 · 5 answers · asked by childlikeempress 4 in Travel ➔ Travel (General) ➔ Other - Destinations
FATIGUE! as u gain time ahead and u gotta catch up to the time factor!
2006-10-30 20:09:50 · answer #1 · answered by choilein 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That point is where you either gain a day or lose a day depending on the direction you are traveling. In reality you're just adjusting your watch/clock/laptop to match the local time for the country/region you are in.
Most time for civilians is an offset from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) in the UK. Your travel from that point Westward sends you into a negative time offset (for instance, Pacific Time is calculated as GMT - 8, that is subtract 8 hours from GMT time) whereas Eastward travel sends you into a positive offset (New Zealand is GMT +12). The international dateline is the dividing point if you will between these East/West variations.
GMT should not be, but is generally confused with UTC (Universal Coordinated Time). These are similar, but very different.
Wikipedia article here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_dateline
For more info, visit our friends at the National Institute of Standards.
http://www.nist.gov/
2006-10-31 04:21:20 · answer #2 · answered by jr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You 'gain' a day when travelling west across the date line (leave London at 10AM, and arrive in LA four hours later on the same date). Travelling east only 'gains' you severe jet-lag and locked knees from sitting in one position too long.
2006-10-31 04:18:37 · answer #3 · answered by Mrs B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You lose a day if you go east over the date line. You gain a day if you go west over the date line.
2006-10-31 09:03:32 · answer #4 · answered by Penfold 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Travel experience !!!
2006-10-31 04:19:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋