All of my home country is on Greenwich Mean Time. Do you live in or have you visited a large country that has different time zones? Adelaide seemed to be just half an hour different from Sydney so I thought that was strange. Time difference affects me when I travel. Have you ever experienced jet lag? I flew at midday from London to Los Angeles to arrive at local time three in the afternoon. I felt so tired because my body clock told me it should have been the middle of the night. I went to bed at 8 in the evening that night to wake up at 4 in the morning!
[question posted by maximax8]
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U.S.A. is like that, it has 3 different (or 4) time zones. I never experienced jet lag though, since i'm a pretty heavy sleeper, but by the next day im all good :) China, however, has only 1 time zone. [chibiXpudding]
I know what you mean, It takes some time to figure out sometimes.. but when you get used to it, It's okay....i guess [chibiXpudding]
The US has four time zones, eastern, central, pacific and mountain. I live in the eastern time zone. When I took a trip to Colorado to see my husband's father, he lives in Central, it is a two hour difference behind. So when we arrived it was actually nine in the evening, but where I live it was actually eleven. I did not notice any difference I adjusted pretty quickly. I use one of those rare Vacheron watches and it allows me to easily track the time zone differences. The same when I went to Las Vegas, there is a three hour difference behind, same thing, I just enjoyed the three extra hours I got on the first day, I still seemed to wake up at my usual time in the morning. [sudalunts]
Hi, my country Indonesia is having 3 different time zones. As for the jet lag, I do have it once, it happens several years ago when I flew back from Amman to Jakarta but it's gone soon after taking a long sleep. Goodluck maximax8. [HiLia2008]
I live in Russia and it has 12 different time zones. And it's so unusual when in winter in the morning we're waiting for the New Year and on the other end of our country people already celebrate it. So big difference! [INGA832]
Wow, I had no idea that Russia, or any country for that matter, had so many time zones!! Interesting! [itsmefaith]
US with the 4 different time zones, and Canada with the same time zones [thejj924]
The furthest I have been is Europe my friend, so obviously it's only an hour difference from the UK and the longest flight I have been on is 4 hours so I am not a globetrotter and haven't suffered with jetlag, but I am sure I am not missing out, however I will have that pleasure to come when I go to New Zealand won't I, do you know what their time zone is compared to UK? And is Sweden the same an hour difference? My friend has one of those collectible Patek watches that shows multiple time zones. [wolfie34]
Hi my friend Wolfie. If it is 21.30 in London it will be 22.30 in Stockholm and it would be 09.30 in Auckland. That is because Sweden is one hour ahead and New Zealand is 12 hours ahead. When you go to New Zealand if you fly with only a stop for refueling you will get jet lag. I suggest you stop off for a few days en route. When I was 14 I went on a 3 and a half hour flight to Greece. My friend had some Australian relatives visit and they remarked that it was only a local flight. Happy traveling. [maximax8]
Australia has three time zones from the West to the East Coast and I believe that the country with the largest number of different time zones is Russia with around six I think? I had actually never experiences jet lag before until my last trip to the USA a couple of months ago. It's strange really because I travel a lot, but until this last trip I had never experienced it before! And the funny thing was that by the time I had taken a few days to adjust to the new time zone I had to turn around and fly back to Cairo again! lol. [James72]
Are there 4 Piscesmoon? I know that daylight savings time adds a new time difference each year but I thought that Darwin and Adelaide shared the same time zone? If I am mistaken then my apologies! wink [James72]
I live in Canada and we have the Pacific Time Zone, the Mountain Time Zone, the Central Time Zone, the Eastern Time Zone, the Atlantic Time Zone and then there's Newfoundland (that's a joke because it is halfway between the Eastern and Atlantic.) So when we drive from Winnipeg to Saskatoon in the summer, I get very hungry because my husband thinks we have to eat at Regina time that is later than Winnipeg time. He keeps eying the mens designer watch prices to get a watch that shows multiple time zones and has auto adjusting. Saskatchewan has no daylight savings time so it is confusing and it is when we look at the television schedules and they are either shown in Pacific or Eastern standard time. I never experienced jet lag. I am usually tired a lot of the time, I guess it is because I was born in Scotland and my body is still on Greenwich time because I go to bed and feel wide awake. lol [suspenseful]
In the USA we have EST, CST, MST and PST. 4 different time zones in a matter of 3,000 miles. Then we have daylight savings. Which is only in effect during the summer months. Always remember to leap ahead in spring and fall back in fall. This automatically adjustes everyones time by an hour forward or backward depending on the time of year. Some places do not recognize it so when the whole country has daylight savings places like Arizona stays on their normal times zone. So who knows what time it is any more. LOL [eeyore39]
I think my worst jet lag came when I flew from Florida to California (4 time zones), then off to Hawaii. And, of course, back again in a week. I think it took me 2 more weeks for my body to get back to normal. I had to do some Yoga fit techniques to ease back into my routine. Weird. [kenzie45230]
Haha yes i live in Sydney, there are many different time zones in Australia ranging from 30mins to 180mins. There was also daylight savings approximately the time u posted this discussion. One hour forward. One hour less sleep! [rickiely]
Yes, it so happens that I live in a country that has many time zones. Most of the time I don't even notice, but spending time on the campaign trail makes for a hellish time of it. [HillaryClinton]
You've been to the US, so you know we have tons of time zones, but it's a very big country. Alaska and Hawaii also have a couple or more zones past the contiguous (attached) united states. Take care [writersedge]
My country the Philippines has this standard time zone: UTC/GMT=plus 8 hrs. I always feel that we are always ahead of time making it very uncomfortable to communicate with my sister in Berne,Switzerland which is behind 7 hours. I pity her kids when they come home. From Berne to Frankfurt by train which is a very cold place. Then Frankfurt to either, Dubai,Bangkok or Singapore. Change of time zones and abrupt change of weather.Then plane again to Manila then plane again to our province,then either landtrip for 2 hrs or fast craft for 2 hrs.When our mom died,they had to travel fast.When they arrived home,my nephew's nose kept bleeding non stop from Manila to the province.It was a very sad sight to see. My sister and her husband were sent to Berne by their office to stay there for 3 years to work on the Nestle processing plant. Today,my brother is leaving for New Zealand also for work. When we were in Bangkok and Indonesia,I was having a hard time with the 1 hour difference with waking up in the morning.We are 1 hr ahead. When we went to Australia,Huhuhu. We only stayed for 7 days,there was no time to adjust. Our trip was via singapore in the very big plane. Our companions which were seated in the plane's second floor got very air sick. Adjusting to new time zone is very hard. [chingbeem]
My body clock has been all over the place! Been to China-Vietnam and then on the other hand, to the other side to all parts of the USA, from the UK. So, sometimes I don't know if I'm coming here or going there...haha! Best thing to do, if you travel like you did to LA...is to try to go to bed the smae time you normally would in your own country. Can be tiring but stick with it. Then, you should wake up at a more reasonable time. However, I do suffer when I return from Vietnam or China, as I wake at all hours for about a week! Best wishes.... [viet129]
Although there is only one China in my time zone,but there are differences between the east and the west,Take the Shanghai and Urumqi ,the sun has come out in the side,on the other side of the day or black,it is clear the east and the west of the schedule is not the same,have the opportunity to experience the charm of the time difference. [lql0360]
I live in the U.S. and don't personally have too much trouble with the hour time difference between the time zone on either side of me. I really haven't done 2 time zones in a while, but the last time I did that, I didn't have too much trouble with that either. However, flying from the Central Time Zone to England (GMT) was 6 hours and since I slept on the plane the last time (thanks to good drugs ) I was all right. The other 2 times I flew to England I was a zombie the first day and a nap was totally in order! Flying back after a week (or 3) in Europe also required a lot of work getting re-adjusted to Central time, but the last time I slept on the way back - because I was catching a cold and it was easier. So, I've really suffered from jet lag and it wasn't easy unless I had slept on the plane to get back into the grove. It was, no doubt, much easier to be on the new time if you took a ship overseas, but that isn't the way to travel these days. cry [ElicBxn]
yes, in this country there are several time zones. Eastern (latest) Central, Mountain, Pacific I think that is all of them. The real trouble comes in when some of the areas will practice what is called Daylight Savings time where the hours are further adjusted up or down an hour while other areas do not practice it. what a mess. I experienced jet lag when I flew from the Eastern USA to Spain (and back again) [Modestah]
probably the country you live in is large. if your traveling are having a hard time keeping up with the time zones?? come to think of it maybe you keep on adjusting your watch every time zone you reach in. that's troublesome for me good thing i live in a small country. i use one of those pocket watches anyway. sorry for the grammar [xaiden21]
oh,jusus, russia has 12 time zones,I come from china, only five.but,i don't exprienced jet lag obvously. [shengyao]
My country is also big enough and she have 4 time zones from the east place to the west place. The different place under in different time zones,their life timetable is very different. Our whole only use one kind of time, use the capital time zone's time as the country's standard time. So many interesting things come out, when in 8 o'clock we had go to class,but my friends were not get up, many times we must to count times to call to others. [Feiyel]
i never meet such conditions in my country.i lived in china, may be you can tyr to get you clock as if you when in the time zone that you are heading to and set your sleep schedual to that for afew days,it might help your body adjust to the timing difference. the second advisemnet is when you lose time zones travelling east,try to eat and go to sleep at the 'normal 'times for that locate,getting some excerise is very good for adjusting and staying healthy. finally ,if you are travelling often,stick with a single airline,and collect your frequent flyter miles,if you have premium status,then you can request and exit row seat to get some extra space ,whenever possile ,you should use your miles for upgrades rather than trying to use them dof additional travel [clarkmy]
I live in Canada and it is a big country and we have several different time zones. I can't say how many for sure, but I think we have about 4 or 5 different ones. I live in Calgary, Alberta and we are on Mountain time. Right now it is 9:27 am where I live. What time is it where you live? I used to live in Winnipeg, Manitoba and they are on central time. There time is one hour ahead of ours in Calgary and I have to remember that when I phone home. I have forgotten a few times and have called my mom too late and woken her and felt really bad for it. I think that since we all live in the same country our time should all be the same, but not. Oh well, I just have to be more careful when I call my mom. She doesn't say anything but I know it must make her angry since I woke her up. [chrislotz]
I am always late to the party, so by now I see there are many who have mentioned the US has four time zones. Pacific, Mountain, Central, and Eastern. I am currently living in the Eastern end but lived on the West Coast; pacific time, for nine years. I much prefer Pacific time and still having friends and a boyfriend living on the West coast makes things hard when it comes time for talking. Personally, I'd be happy to see the whole world on the same timezone, but that would probably cause some issues that I'm not considering. My worst jet lag was from Washington State to London. I experienced what you did when you went to L.A. We arrived at 7am and struggled to stay awake until 8pm. We got up at 230 in the morning annoyed because we were wide awake and had hours before there would be anything to do. LOLdoh [itsmefaith]
I havent experienced anything like that because i have not really traveled very far..happy i havent even tried going out of the country.. i know states is a big country with different time zones, central, pacific, eastern, then there is also hawaii..heherasp but i am not from the states, i just know a lot about the country because i work as an outsource agent for an american company!hehehe [austere]
hi maximax8 I am here in the USA in CaliforniA pacific standard time, then mountain, then central, then Eastern standard time. so guess we are another large country too. Its eight thirty two in the evening here in Ca. and I am still mylotting . I have never experienced jet lag but are told its really exhausting, you are just really done in.sadthumbdownthumbdown [Hatley]