Am I alone in regarding NY as being 3 hours *earlier* than LA? [more inside]
posted by xetere on Apr 4, 2009 - 25 answers

While driving from Kentucky to Virginia over the weekend we crossed from the Central to the Eastern time zones and it started my family wondering what it's like to live in one time zone and work a few miles away in another. [more inside]
posted by 543DoublePlay on Jul 28, 2008 - 14 answers

They tell us that future travelers in high-speed spaceships will have their perception of the passage of time distorted by relativity effects, but what about the more mundane problem of earth-bound time zones? I can't figure out when my birthday is... [more inside]
posted by woodblock100 on Jun 20, 2007 - 16 answers

Okay, so I'm flying from New York at 6:55pm (EST) on December 30th, and arriving in Seoul at 5:45am (Korea Time) on January 1st. Presumably westward. I've been trying to wrap my head around when exactly I'll see the New Year, but I can't do it. [more inside]
posted by borkingchikapa on Nov 24, 2006 - 11 answers

What is the name of the American radio host sampled in "Time Zones" by Negativland? The one who repeatedly says "eleven."
posted by gubo on Mar 1, 2006 - 11 answers

I have GPS data associated with various measurements from around the world. This data also includes a UTC timestamp. I would like to display this timestamp converted to the local time where the measurement was taken, based on the GPS-reported latitude and longitude. [more inside]
posted by Nothing on Feb 13, 2006 - 5 answers