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Re: International Date Line
From: Jeremy C
Date: 2022 Jan 1, 12:04 -0800
From: Jeremy C
Date: 2022 Jan 1, 12:04 -0800
To make things more fun, I (ship's master) tend to decide when we cross the IDL based on the ship's schedule. I try never to make it on a weekend or holiday to avoid the arguements about the pay, despite it being spelled out in the contract. Like most zone description lines, it's as much a matter of convience as anything else. I'd love to just keep UTC to make things simple, but every port seems to want to keep their time zone.
Jeremy