>>>Must be damn confusing if you go for a walk and accidentally cross the line!!!
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>>Even MORE confusing if you have an appointment across the line. Or maybe just a good excuse for being late ;-)
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>A serious question:- Where are the time lines? Here in Britain we only have two time zones - awake and asleep. It's easy to know where the line is there. The only time line I've crossed is going to mainland Europe across the English Channel.

Nigel, check out an atlas, almanac, world map, etc. You will see the 24 global time zones sliced into roughly equal pieces (especially over ocean), starting at the international date line in the Pacific...