Happy Winter Solstice Day!

"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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"Jim Burns" wrote in message
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Yesterday the Weather Channel went on and on and on for at least 15
minutes
about when winter would officially begin in EACH time zone! It was an
amazing display of stupidity.

They had a map showing each time zone's official start of winter,
including
the time down to the second. Yep, each time zone was only different from
the next by, you guessed it.... EXACTLY one hour! [...]

Of course, the dumbest thing about that is that there's only ONE actual
time at which winter starts. This year, it's at 12:22am on Dec 22nd, UTC.

In other words, celebrating the "start of winter" in each time zone, one
hour apart is incorrect, as is celebrating it at all yet. The start of
winter hasn't happened yet. As I write this post, it's still nearly six
hours away.

Pete


But celebrating it at 0022 UTC you have to celebrate it a UTC -4,-5,-6...

That's what they were attempting to pointing out... but I don't think the
weather bunny had a clue as to what the tele-prompter was telling her. The
map showed the times as being one hour a part for each time zone which
equaled being the same moment in time everywhere. It had her totally
flustered and confused.
Jim

"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATcox.net wrote in message
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"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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"Jim Burns" wrote in message
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Yesterday the Weather Channel went on and on and on for at least 15
minutes
about when winter would officially begin in EACH time zone! It was an
amazing display of stupidity.

They had a map showing each time zone's official start of winter,
including
the time down to the second. Yep, each time zone was only different
from
the next by, you guessed it.... EXACTLY one hour! [...]

Of course, the dumbest thing about that is that there's only ONE actual
time at which winter starts. This year, it's at 12:22am on Dec 22nd,
UTC.

In other words, celebrating the "start of winter" in each time zone, one
hour apart is incorrect, as is celebrating it at all yet. The start of
winter hasn't happened yet. As I write this post, it's still nearly six
hours away.

Pete


But celebrating it at 0022 UTC you have to celebrate it a UTC -4,-5,-6...

That's what they were attempting to pointing out... but I don't think the
weather bunny had a clue as to what the tele-prompter was telling her.
The
map showed the times as being one hour a part for each time zone which
equaled being the same moment in time everywhere. It had her totally
flustered and confused.
Jim

That might be why professional entertainers rehearse.... ;-)
Peter

"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATcox.net wrote in message
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But celebrating it at 0022 UTC you have to celebrate it a UTC -4,-5,-6...

No. You only celebrate it at 0022 UTC. It's the same time for every single
person on the planet.

"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATcox.net wrote in message
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But celebrating it at 0022 UTC you have to celebrate it a UTC -4,-5,-6...

No. You only celebrate it at 0022 UTC. It's the same time for every
single person on the planet.


Which is exactly what I wrote.

"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATcox.net wrote in message
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But celebrating it at 0022 UTC you have to celebrate it a
UTC -4,-5,-6...

No. You only celebrate it at 0022 UTC. It's the same time for every
single person on the planet.

Which is exactly what I wrote.

You wrote (see quoted text above): "you have to celebrate it a
UTC -4,-5,-6..."

That's quite a bit different. Your statement isn't even semantically
meaningful, never mind is it equivalent to what I wrote.