international date line

[Electra 7]

We are going from Japan to Vancouver across international date line 

can anyone tell me about how they deal with time zones

[d9704011]

Well, they don't change the time, they change the date.  If you cross at 2:00 am on the 25th, it'll soon be 2:01 am on the 24th.

[Electra 7]

thanks I understood that 

I actually mean the fact that there is a 17 hr time difference between Japan and Vancouver as well as international date line time 

[d9704011]

6 minutes ago, Electra 7 said:

thanks I understood that 

I actually mean the fact that there is a 17 hr time difference between Japan and Vancouver as well as international date line time 

Really, it's only 7 hours when you're moving from Japan towards Vancouver and then, presto, set the date back a day.

[lissie]

Some days the clocks will change - we had  it happen at 9am (moved to 10am) on our first cruise this year - and then on  the same ship the time was changed at 2am on the 2nd cruise. Its detailed in the daily program (though due to very poor proof reading on our second cruise it was needlessly confusing) 

[Underwatr]

4 hours ago, lissie said:

(though due to very poor proof reading on our second cruise it was needlessly confusing) 

Typically for me it has been the announcement in the Daily Programme essentially saying "Clocks will be set ahead one hour tomorrow morning" and you forget that if your'e reading Tuesday's edition before going to bed Monday night, they're talking about changing the clocks early on Wednesday.

[exlondoner]

41 minutes ago, Underwatr said:

Typically for me it has been the announcement in the Daily Programme essentially saying "Clocks will be set ahead one hour tomorrow morning" and you forget that if your'e reading Tuesday's edition before going to bed Monday night, they're talking about changing the clocks early on Wednesday.

Don’t they leave the TV on with the announcement?

[busmech]

There will be an announcement in the daily program for time changes. As to the day change you will have the same day 2 times. As you are traveling from west to east you will loose an hour for every timezone. And if you ever want to see the ship time there are clocks in all the stairwell landings. Hope they still give out the certificates for crossing the dateline. 

[Underwatr]

4 hours ago, exlondoner said:

Don’t they leave the TV on with the announcement?

I think on the evening before it happens (Tuesday night in my hypothetical) but its absence Monday night might not make you realize that it's not happening that night if you've understood the published info incorrectly.

[lissie]

6 hours ago, exlondoner said:

Don’t they leave the TV on with the announcement?

No - didn't see that. I think it may have been done inconsistently.  Our Britannia waiting staff took to telling us! 

[lissie]

4 hours ago, busmech said:

And if you ever want to see the ship time there are clocks in all the stairwell landings. 

Which ship is that ? The only ship's clocks I remember on QE was outside on the aft Lido pool deck and the decorative one on the lighted stairs near the Casino? 

[busmech]

The QE and QV. They are not large but they are there