Transpacific cruise, what is the ship time zone? is the ship time zone local time zone?

[FriendlyGuy01]

Transpacific cruise, what is the ship time zone? is the ship time zone local time zone?

[TheOldBear]

Generally the ships clocks are adjusted to match local time as the ship cross time zones.

 

The time of day when the adjustment takes place is at the captain's digression - on my recent sailings eastbound adjustments were made at noon, and westbound adjustments were made in the early morning 'midwatch' time period.

[leaveitallbehind]

The comments made by @TheOldBear reflect our experience as well with adjustments being made to ship time to match the time zones transitioned on the day they occur.  In this manner you also have the opportunity to adjust to your destination time, typically one hour on a single day at a time.

Edited May 10 by leaveitallbehind

[FriendlyGuy01]

Thank you both.  How the time zone change was announced ? through a broadcast or through the Hub app? 

[leaveitallbehind]

13 minutes ago, FriendlyGuy01 said:

Thank you both.  How the time zone change was announced ? through a broadcast or through the Hub app? 

Typically announced at some point during the change day, noted in the app, and indicated in the daily newsletter, if one is published.  They pretty much cover all bases and it is pretty hard to miss - LOL.

Edited May 10 by leaveitallbehind

[Host Kat]

5 hours ago, FriendlyGuy01 said:

Transpacific cruise, what is the ship time zone? is the ship time zone local time zone?

 

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[MBP&O2/O]

Then throw an IDL crossing into the mix 😄

[Hlitner]

On 5/10/2024 at 3:52 PM, MBP&O2/O said:

Then throw an IDL crossing into the mix 😄

On my last Pacific crossing, my birthday was celebrated twice (since we crossed the IDL on my birthday).  That spurred the question (over a few drinks) whether I aged two years :).

 

Hank

[Yehootu]

Crossing the IDL screwed up the Princess app pretty good last month.

[MBP&O2/O]

Once, we crossed it officially on 25 December but I was banned from performing a one day advance😬 so we  missed out on 26 December instead 😄