I appear to have been using the wrong time since I arrived in Tenerife.
By Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
Manchester, England
January 14, 2017 9:33am CST
This was a potential problem back when I used a wrist watch, but for a few years I have relied on my mobile phone for the time .In theory this should make it impossible to use the wrong time zone.
I place my mobile phone into Airplane Mode when I board the plane and switch it back on when I arrive at the destination airport. Since I have it set to acquire the time from the network, it connects to the local phone network and adjusts the time accordingly.
I had noticed a neon sign outside a local pharmacy that displayed the time as 1 hour earlier, but I simply assumed that it was wrong. While having a coffee in the local cafe my attention was drawn to the clock due to the unusual chime as it reached the hour and I noticed that the time displayed was also 1 hour earlier.
Apparently the local time is 1 hour earlier than mainland Spain, but the telephone network is the mainland network.
Fortunately this is not critical because I was not really bothered about the actual time of day.
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@LadyDuck (502194)
• Italy
16 Jan 17
@Asylum The radio frequency of the radio controlled clocks always come from Germany (the primary and backup transmitter are located in Mainflingen, 25 km of Frankfurt am Main). You have to let your clock know which time zone you are in. Those clocks should get the signal in every European country. I get it very well here in Switzerland, it was a bit harder in some places, but it worked.
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@mysdianait (66005)
• Italy
16 Jan 17
I guess that the time you eat or sòeep is not really that important but I do hope that you get to the airport on time and don't miss your flight back because of having the wrong time on your phone 
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
16 Jan 17
@mysdianait I have arrived safe but have never really been sound.
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@mysdianait (66005)
• Italy
16 Jan 17
@Asylum You are home safe and sound now I trust?
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@celticeagle (189792)
• Boise, Idaho
15 Jan 17
Interesting. I haven't even been on a plane since the 70's.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
16 Jan 17
@celticeagle Very few trains run over the Atlantic to Tenerife.
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@celticeagle (189792)
• Boise, Idaho
15 Jan 17
@Asylum .....I'd rather take a train. I don't really like to fly. And, my arms get so tired.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
15 Jan 17
I am really surprised, I too would have expected the local time to be correct on the phone.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
18 Jan 17
@BelleStarr Even though they use a Spanish network, I would expect the local transceivers to change the time zone.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
17 Jan 17
@Asylum I would have assumed it too.
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
6 Feb 17
One of the hazards of time travel....
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
11 Feb 17
@Jeanniemaries Surely you must know of the famous Time Lord Doctor Who.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17239)
• China
15 Jan 17
It is nothing serious to be 1 hour earlier,but it is a bother if boarding a plane is involved.
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@RasmaSandra (97912)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14 Jan 17
So that I won't rush myself too much I try not to check the time during the day when I work on my PC. I only check the time if I have something cooking otherwise it stresses me out to see how fast time flies.
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@garymarsh6 (23979)
• United Kingdom
15 Jan 17
Time is immaterial when you are a man of leisure! Sit back and enjoy another coffee! 
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@moffittjc (128824)
• Gainesville, Florida
14 Jan 17
I was about to say, when you are on holiday to a beautiful island, you should not have any concept of time, other than knowing whether it is day or night. As locals like to say, "You're on island time now."
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
15 Jan 17
@moffittjc This is true. I never could understand why.
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@moffittjc (128824)
• Gainesville, Florida
14 Jan 17
@Asylum If there is a virgin in your bed, it is nighttime. If no virgin, then it must be the following morning.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
11 Feb 17
Since you're not there to attend meetings or meet up with a lot of people, having the wrong time is probably not the issue it would be otherwise. You'll just need to remember it's off when it's time to catch your next plane. I was confused when someone talked about your postcard you sent her from tenerife when I thought you were still in Cyprus. I thought I remembered from bubbs that Tenerife was off the coast of Spain.
She didn't bother to enlighten me. Now that I looked through other comments here, I see this is an older post, not newer as I first thought. You were here before cyprus it seems?
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