Do you find it challenging to convert time?
By The Fly One
@aureliah (24319)
Kenya
August 12, 2018 1:16pm CST
I'm in Nairobi which is +3 GMT. I have been watching DSTV and in every foreign channel when they are advertising new programs, they have so many time zones that I have no idea what time it is. There is CAT , PST, MST, EST and many others. It will take a century to figure out all this. All I know is GMT and I know each member has their own depending on where they are located.
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
12 Aug 18
It is difficult to decipher the time zones. The thing to remember is that GMT is on the 0° line of longitude that separates the Eastern and Western hemispheres. The opposite of that line is the International Date Line at 180° longitude.
From 0° longitude (GMT) Westward to the 180th° parallel, you subtract an hour for each time zone.
From GMT Eastward to the 180th parallel you add an hour for each time zone. (There are some time zones that are divided into two 30 minute increments like Greenland and Newfoundland. Don't ask me why. 
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So if you are +3 GMT then you are 3 hours ahead of GMT. You are +7 from my time in AST, and +11 from PST. This means you are ahead of me by 7 hours and ahead of California by 11 hours...
This is how I understand it. 
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So if you are +3 GMT then you are 3 hours ahead of GMT. You are +7 from my time in AST, and +11 from PST. This means you are ahead of me by 7 hours and ahead of California by 11 hours...
This is how I understand it. 2 people like this
@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
13 Aug 18
@aureliah The time zone that ends the day is AOE (Anywhere on Earth) and is located at the International Date Line. -12 hours from GMT.
I think its pretty interesting. When the day (Sunday, August 12, 2018) Ends at midnight on the Date Line, it is already Noon on Monday, August 13, 2018 GMT.
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@aureliah (24319)
• Kenya
18 Aug 18
@Starmaiden This has gotten me more confused than I was
I din't even know there was AOE anywhere on this earth
I din't even know there was AOE anywhere on this earth1 person likes this
@GreatMartin (23676)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
12 Aug 18
I don't even think about it! What difference does it make? Whether it is Sunday or Monday or 11 AM or 11 PM communication takes place when you are available! 
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@aureliah (24319)
• Kenya
12 Aug 18
True it does not really matter but just like any other thought it crossed my mind.
@xstitcher (30302)
• Petaluma, California
10 Sep 18
It is not something that I have thought about a lot--until I had a friend move from the US to China. Thankfully I found a website that tells me the time where he is.
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@aureliah (24319)
• Kenya
11 Sep 18
Okay but when you have someone in another time zone at least you have no idea about the time difference
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
13 Aug 18
what i learned when i flew to Kuwait in 1986 was, i flew (via plane of course) at night and i should expect dawn later, but as what my brother said, the night will be going to a deeper night. i then understood that we passed the Greenwich meridian time on the other side of the world.
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