can you keep time still?

Question

if you follow the sun in an aircraft fast enough around the globe would not be the same time every where you flew over?

Answer 1

Local time only goes in hour or half-hour increments, so there's no way you could stop that creeping up, only to jump back when you crossed into the next time zone.

Then when you crossed the date line you'd lose a whole day all at once!

Answer 2

lol i sort of see what you are trying to get at. but even when you revolve around the globe like that, you are still in the atmosphere of the earth and you are still going around the sun, and so time goes on. the 'time' you are referring to the the geographical time, which is in a way something differnt. for example, will your watch stop running? no, it will keep going as though you are still back and haven't moved anywhere at all! unless you are travelling at the speed of light... do some more reading on relativity, it will explain that concept much better than me.
apparently, time is a thing that simple human minds made up, and does not actually exist. time will 'warp' in many instances, as discovered by the brilliant einstein.
good luck with that :D

Answer 3

I can still keep time,...yes, I can.
Only on some occasions am I late for anything...Oh, sorry wrong answer.
I'm not sure. You'd still age wouldn't you? So I guess not.
Now, if you were travelling really super fast then I guess you could reverse time, but again, you'd still get older. What are we really talking about here. Actual metaphysical time, or just time on a clock?
What do we want to do. Defy ageing? Is that possible? No. Is ageing time related? Yes. But even going back in time, would it not have any relavence to us anyway... I don't know. I think not.
We would be just an independent value in space-time. We would still age.
Hope that answers your question

Answer 4

Actually the so called universal time I guess you're referring to is dependant on a quantity called entropy and has nothing to do with the speed of light, although some might argue that via time dilation. Anyway in order to stop time universally you have to stop the flow of heat within the universe i.e. prevent diffusion, the only way to do this is ensure energy is equally distributed across the universe. Although this may cause time to end in a big way i.e. universal death.

Answer 5

Yes, you would need to be in a craft that could fly around the earth in exactly 24 hours (+- the error in 24 hours being one earth's rotation). It would be the same time of day, but everytime you crossed the international date line, you would flip to the next day.

Check out link for time zones.

Answer 6

Yes you could do that if you fly west at the correct speed but only the hours will be correct. While you're in a particular time zone, the minutes will still be ticking away.

Answer 7

If you Cruise at a speed that mimics the earth"s rotation you will stay over the same spot on earth,the days won"t change for you.
Time won"t stand still,it will keep on plodding along.

Answer 8

You may be able to keep 'rewinding' the time showing on the clock but as for time per se, it is always moving onwards.

Answer 9

I don't know about that, but i know where time doesn't exist. Time does not exist at the "tip" of the north and of the south pole. That is where all the lattitude lines meet and where time CANNOT exist.

Answer 10

No because it would take you a day to complete the trip. Once you got back to where you started it would be the next day !