Time Zones in Asia and ship's time

[Betty in Cozumel]

We are sailing in 2 weeks from Shanghai to Hong Kong.  China, Taiwan, Manila and Hong Kong are in one time zone.  South Korea and Japan are in another.

 

Do I have to switch my watch back and forth?  Or is their a "ship's time" that we need to stay on at all times so we don't miss the boat?  Literally.  🙂

[GeezLouise1]

We just disembarked Maasdam in Singapore after visiting the Indian Ocean.  There were quite a few time zones and the ship changed time with them all.  You will be switching your watch back and forth.  And back and forth 😉

[Betty in Cozumel]

2 minutes ago, GeezLouise1 said:

We just disembarked Maasdam in Singapore after visiting the Indian Ocean.  There were quite a few time zones and the ship changed time with them all.  You will be switching your watch back and forth.  And back and forth 😉

 

Thanks!

[catl331]

2 hours ago, GeezLouise1 said:

 You will be switching your watch back and forth.  And back and forth

Think how hard it must be on the crew!  Usually the time changes occur at night, but I recall one report of the change happening at 13:00!  Maybe it was an experiment that didn't work out well, because I only heard of it that one time.

[ski ww]

We've had time changes during the day but only on sea days.

[SeaDog-46]

Ships always follow local time.

Anything else would lead to chaos.

[TAD2005]

When you are on a shore excursion,  local time is followed by tour operators, taxis, and everyone else.  There would be a lot of people missing the ship's sailing if the ship time was different than the local time.