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Re: resetting clocks on big ships
From: Barry Hudson
Date: 2000 Jul 20, 9:56 AM
From: Barry Hudson
Date: 2000 Jul 20, 9:56 AM
And yes the senior ship calls the shots. Paul Hirose wrote: > On large ships where formal watches are stood, how do they handle the > resetting of the clocks when a time zone boundary is crossed? If > you're on watch, and the clocks are set back an hour, do you just have > to grit your teeth and work the extra hour? Or does the skipper adjust > the times of the next few changes of watch so the hit is spread out? > > When Navy ships are cruising together, does the flagship command the > time zone change for all ships?
