--- John Oliver <oliver at astro.ufl.edu> wrote: > 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. Morrolan noticed a difference in the time of day when he teleported to the town with Ordwynaac's (sp?) statue (and he didn't notice any difference in, say, gravity). I'm assuming it is spherical. > 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?" I don't think so. As people are more or less implying, though, the Orb could tell you "Coordinated Imperial Time" and let citizens correct for their own longitudes. Jerry Friedman __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com