Perfect Timing

Originally posted by wolfgang59
maybe it is then.

that isn't what we are arguing about though is it?

Your figures are incorrect.

On Monday, September 12, 2016 (before Daylight Saving Time went into
effect) Western Samoa was on local standard time (GMT +13). American
Samoa also was on standard time (GMT -11).

The correct answer is 48 hours.

Originally posted by HandyAndy
Your figures are incorrect.

On Monday, September 12, 2016 (before Daylight Saving Time went into
effect) Western Samoa was on local standard time (GMT +13). American
Samoa also was on standard time (GMT -11).

The correct answer is 48 hours.

You are correct by a few days!!! (And you said the actual date didn't matter!)

However I am correct for the example I gave. 😛

And in general the answer to your question is 49 hours for any date. since
there are places on GMT+14 other than Samoa.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTC%2B14:00

Originally posted by wolfgang59
You are correct by a few days!!! (And you said the actual date didn't matter!)

However I am correct for the example I gave. 😛

And in general the answer to your question is 49 hours for any date. since
there are places on GMT+14 other than Samoa.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTC%2B14:00

I never said the actual date didn't matter.

The example you gave was not for the date provided in the OP.

Apparently this quaint old puzzle predates some of the outlandish
byroads imposed on the Date Line in recent years.

Whaddayasa we split the difference and call it 48.5 hours?

Originally posted by HandyAndy
I never said the actual date didn't matter.

The example you gave was not for the date provided in the OP.

Apparently this quaint old puzzle predates some of the outlandish
byroads imposed on the Date Line in recent years.

My example was incorrect but the answer to the OP is still 49 hours! 😛

if this is a Zeno paradox then that date never existed or never ended

My original version of this puzzle refers to Monday, October 12, 1998. When
I posted it here, I changed the date to Monday, September 12, 2016. to give it
a fresh look. Not smart, Andy!

In recent years, for various reasons, the International Date Line has been
shunted and redirected in some places hundreds of miles to the east. And that,
alas, changes the answer to the puzzle from 48 hours to 49. Wolfgang had
the correct solution to the updated puzzle.

Next time I'm sticking with 1998.

Originally posted by HandyAndy
My original version of this puzzle refers to Monday, October 12, 1998. When
I posted it here, I changed the date to Monday, September 12, 2016. to give it
a fresh look. Not smart, Andy!

In recent years, for various reasons, the International Date Line has been
shunted and redirected in some places hundreds of miles to the east. And that,
alas, ...[text shortened]... Wolfgang had
the correct solution to the updated puzzle.

Next time I'm sticking with 1998.

Takes a good man to admit his mistakes!! 🙂

Another oddity
30th December 2011
This date did not exist in Samoa!
(bummer if it was your birthday!1)

World War II note: One of the new hyperextended time zones in the central Pacific
includes Tarawa atoll, scene of one of the fiercest and bloodiest battles in U.S.
Marine Corps history. The clash continued from November 20-23, 1943, until
occupying Japanese forces were subdued.