if all the lines of longitude meet at the north pole then would one side of it be tuesday and then you like jump 5 feet and its wednesday....please tell me your own explination
2006-12-25 12:05:50 · 8 answers · asked by Klam 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
All lines converge, so you are on all lines at the same time. It isn't Tuesday -or- Wednesday, it is Tuesday -and- Wednesday. It isn't one of the time zones, it is all of them at the same time.
In other words: time zones make no sense on the pole (north or south). Any time zone chosen is an arbitrary choice, in my opinion UTC is the best choice possible.
If you move 5 ft, you're not on the pole anymore, but that would be silly to take into account. A reasonably sized circle would be more appropriate, and that is just what happens in reality.
2006-12-25 12:13:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are absolutely correct. Since all the lines of longitude meet, the actual point they go through must have a standard time agreed upon. At a radius of any given size from the pole, the lines split equally so as to create the 24 time zones. If you could identify which line was the international date line, you could cross and recross as many times as you want, going between the day you started and a consecutive day, either forward or back, depending on what side of the date line you started. In fact, if you drew a perfectly straight line through the pole, you would travel 12 hours ahead or backwards by crossing it.
If you were on the "west" side of the line (facing north, the date line is closer to your left than right), then crossing the line, you would go 12 hours ahead since you would be on the "east" side of the line. Countries on the east side of earth experience the day before countries in the west. If it was 1pm on the west side, then you would end up at 1am the following day on the east side. Crossing back over, you would be at 1pm the day before.
2006-12-25 20:26:21 · answer #2 · answered by Dan 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All the time zones converge at the North and South poles, so all time zones are correct, depending on where you stand.
2006-12-25 20:07:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Polar explorers generally use GMT.
2006-12-29 16:33:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
theoretically yes, but you would have to be standing right at the pole.
2006-12-25 21:15:59 · answer #5 · answered by redsoxavi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, no one really lives there, so there isn't really an official time zone.
2006-12-25 23:51:42 · answer #6 · answered by chococat 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I suspect that they use GMT but?
2006-12-25 20:52:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't worry about it no body goes there.
2006-12-25 20:31:57 · answer #8 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋