----- Original Message ----- From: "John Oliver" <oliver at astro.ufl.edu> To: "Dragaera (E-mail)" <dragaera at dragaera.info> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 6:08 AM Subject: Time and longitude > When the Orb has been active, citizens "know" the time based on the > master Imperial Clock. If Dragaera is a spherical planet, then local > time (i.e. dawn, dusk) will vary with longitude around the planet. Thus > a more eastern location might already be in daytime at the seventh hour > of the morning (by the Orb), while a much more western location might > still be in darkness. > My question is: "Does this show up in the books?" > -- > John Oliver > Associate Professor > Associate Chair > Department of Astronomy > University of Florida > Project AST at RHO http://astrho.astro.ufl.edu > see the night sky at http://concam.net/rh/ > Well, it's an assumption, but here goes. Drageareans are aware of the difference in "time zones", I believe Lady Teldra mentions formula developed to ascertain the time in different locals. The Orb knows the location of every person linked to it. I would guess that it translates the local time for anyone that asks. So, no, it is not stated directly, but neither is it contradicted. Jeff G.