Joe Satnik said:
Quiz 2,If you want sunlight later in the day (by your clock), which end of the time zone do you want to be at, the west end, or the east end?
Joe
The West end.
Ralph
The West end.
Ralph
Good for you, Ralph. That was the easy question, though.
Apparently the time zones are laid out already to give longer evening sunshine, in effect, natural DST.
Each time zone is 360/24 = 15 degrees. Sun highest at noon would ideally be in the center of the time zone. Wanting longer evening sunlight would shift the boundaries westward.
Joe Satnik said:I learned from Ken. Only answer the easy questions :D Even that doesn't work all the time ;) Ralph
Good for you, Ralph. That was the easy question, though.
There are all kinds of answers floating around. The challenge is to find good questions for them.
For example, here is a good answer; find a question for it:
Answer: .......you can find that answer in a "Klambake" book, so don't ask again.....
Another for those that feel well challenged;
Answer: …because you didn’t ask for it in Large Scale.
Answer to quiz: The sun rises and sets on the equator at 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. every day of the year.
"Once there was a little indian boy who was getting cold while he slept at night. one day he decided to fix that,
so he cut off the end of his blanket and sewed it to the top to make it longer.
the end."
Joe,
Live on the edge tonight, call a bowling alley and ask if they have 10# balls? If they reply “yes” ask how he can walk with them. If you get a woman that answer’s when you call … hang up’ as it won’t work.
Sorry again…read my signature.
Sorry about that, David.
I was looking for a quote that I had heard, (couldn’t find it) from an American Indian Chief. It went something like this:
“Only the white man would think that he could make his day longer by removing an hour of sunlight from one end and putting it on the other.”
Oh, and since the sun rises and sets exactly at 6 on the equator, there are no specific dates or seasons to put DST in effect or take it out.
DST really only makes sense between the Tropics of Cancer/Capricorn and Arctic/Antarctic circles.
Someone stop me, please.
"“Daylight savings” was created for business so they won’t have to use lights as much. Their feeling was if we have to use more power, "
Up here it was for the farmers !
And in the provincial jurisdiction of Saskatchewan, they keep it the same all yr round. No lack of sleep for some, no stress about when.
doug c