Current Events > How complicated would time zones be if we lived on different planets?

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If we manage to colonize the solar system, or even beyond..... time differences will be complicated. It could be totally different months or even years depending on what planet, moon or space station you are on

I wonder if humanity will ever last long enough to have to worry about this

Good thing we won't ever have to worry about it.

If we magically did, I don't think it would matter much since speed of light planet to planet communication is a sci-fi concept that would also never happen. And also I don't think it would be difficult to create programs that correct for it.

As somebody who currently communicates with people in different time zones, I just ignore the time difference and communicate via text based messages. That way they pick them up when they pick them up.

Chances are the +0:00 timezone for the other planet would be aligned with the first city built there.

BurmesePenguin posted...

Good thing we won't ever have to worry about it.

If we magically did, I don't think it would matter much since speed of light planet to planet communication is a sci-fi concept that would also never happen. And also I don't think it would be difficult to create programs that correct for it.

Its all about sub space. Its what worked for Star Trek! Only problem is those relays go down way more than they should

I think if humans ever get off this rock, we'll start with using Earth as the "GMT" of intersolar commerce and communication.

It's highly unlikely that humanity as we imagine it will still exist by the time our sun dies and that calendar becomes obsolete. If, somehow, our descendants continue to exist, they'll have experienced drastically divergent evolution on different planets, space stations, etc to the point of becoming almost entirely different.

BurmesePenguin posted...

Good thing we won't ever have to worry about it.

If we magically did, I don't think it would matter much since speed of light planet to planet communication is a sci-fi concept that would also never happen. And also I don't think it would be difficult to create programs that correct for it.

One little detail I like in Mass Effect is that the internet and communications technically do have large delays do to the logistics of sending information across the galaxy, but since you're military you're using reserved super special bandwidth channels that are basically as instant as normal internet >_>