Welp.

"traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn" (el-peasant) 12/31/2015 at 17:55 • Filed to: None

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Was gonna hit post at 12:00 am and say “first post of 2016,” but i realize some oppos are there. People in Samoa are the first to experience a new year, and I’m on the U.S. East Coast. Time zones wear my brain out. HOW AM I STILL IN 2015 WHILE SOME PEOPLE IN THE SAME UNIVERSE ARE IN 2016? Also, why do time zones have intervals of hours, and not minutes, or even seconds?

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 12/31/2015 at 18:00

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Mindblown.gif

Cé hé sin > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 12/31/2015 at 18:07

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Actually, the first to enter the new year are those just to one side of the international date line. So Samoa has been there quite a long time by now.

CB > Cé hé sin 12/31/2015 at 18:08

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I was going to say “I’m pretty sure Japan and New Zealand got to 2016 before western Europe”.

Leon711 > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 12/31/2015 at 18:12

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Western Europe is Bestern Europe. But here in the greatest country in the world we still got 38 mins till 2016.

d15b > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 12/31/2015 at 18:14

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Because our measurement of time is man-made. At least, that is how I understand it!

Cé hé sin > Leon711 12/31/2015 at 18:15

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Actually a few minutes more by my calculations...

not for canada - australian in disguise > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 12/31/2015 at 18:16

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e: i’m dumb

traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn > Cé hé sin 12/31/2015 at 18:16

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The Alaskan side or the Russian side?

pjhusa > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 12/31/2015 at 18:16

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lel I'm in 2016

Leon711 > Cé hé sin 12/31/2015 at 18:17

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True. But who is good at maths this late at night?

I could have said that because you are in Ireland we are several minutes ahead but it made no sense.

Cé hé sin > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 12/31/2015 at 18:19

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The Russian one.

traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn > Cé hé sin 12/31/2015 at 18:21

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Will fix.

traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn > pjhusa 12/31/2015 at 18:22

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You time-traveling nincompoop!

Cé hé sin > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 12/31/2015 at 18:26

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It would be Eastern Russia and even then it’s not that simple - the Russian far east gets there two hours after Samoa. List here

traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn > Cé hé sin 12/31/2015 at 18:30

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Brain fart. Ughh. Will fix again.

Svend > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 12/31/2015 at 18:37

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Try living in Niue where it’s 12:30 Thu, east is Samoa where it’s 13:30 Fri, east of there is Tonga where it’s 12:30 Fri.

Or Kiribati where it’s 13:30 Fri, straight north is Honolulu where it’s 13:30 Thu and to the south of Kiribati is the Cook Islands where it’s 13:30 Thu.

Jayhawk Jake > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 12/31/2015 at 19:40

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Time is all relative anyways. It used to be kept by sundial, but the time by sundial varies everywhere. When railways started becoming common they standardized time by the hour to make operation make more sense.

It takes the earth approximately 365 days to orbit the sun and it takes approximately 24 hours to revolve around its axis. What we consider time and date is basically arbitrary

PS9 > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 12/31/2015 at 19:56

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Because we live on a sphere, and our sense of temporal displacement is tied to the sun’s position in the sky. The sun will not be in the same position in the sky everywhere on Earth. Because of this, everyone’s sense of where they are in a relatively small snip of time (say...24 hours or so) will differ relative to their position on the sphere.

One day in a given year will be the last day of that year. After that, each time zone will transition into the next day. This happens for every day that passes. It just that this time, the new day brings with it a new year as well.

PS9 > Svend 12/31/2015 at 20:02

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Troll physics: Move to Niue and put an extra hour on your life every year.

E320BlazeUp > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 12/31/2015 at 21:55

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Happy New Year! Hope it’s a prosperous and happy one for you all. I'm happy to finally join the Oppo conversation.

Also, don’t know the etiquette on this, but how does one go about getting authorship? I’m about to buy an e320 wagon, and I’d love some insight/help!

I promise to actually contribute to the community, and not just take.