On Feb 15, 2005, at 9:11 AM, Jeff G. wrote: > > ----- 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. > We don't really know much about the size of the planet or the continent Drageara is on, except for something like its "The same general shape as Europe but four times larger, of which the Empire covers about half". That's big so they must have timezones figured out by now.