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Re: Zone Time -- longitudinal or political?
From: Peter MacNeil
Date: 2006 Jun 8, 05:29 -0800
From: Peter MacNeil
Date: 2006 Jun 8, 05:29 -0800
Renee,
You do apply the time zone, but it's after you have figured out you Sunrise/Sunset times for your longtitude in GMT(UTC).
As for the different clocks...no way...just an extremely good timepiece (I like tachymetres, they help me use mental math on the bridge of my ship) and a nice little time zone chart. Always have you watch/clock on local time. It's ffar easier converting to GMT(UTC) when you need it.
Pete
> When navigating, do we ignore "political" time zones?
> Palma de Mallorca "should be" in GMT+0, but uses CEST
> (GMT+1 hour).> Does the cruising navigator need 3 watches? One to keep
> GMT, one to keep Zone Time, and one to keep "shore time"?
>
> Renee
