Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-05-06 | Page 7 | Salt Lake Gains Half Hour by Position in Time Zone

Salt Lake Gains Half Hour By Position in Time Zone While certain were favorIng favoring favor favor- ing the borrowing an extra hour of daylight for the tho duration of oC the summer summer by turning the clocks ahead J. J Cecil Alter AUer government meteorologist pointed out that citizens citizens citi citi- zens of this area Already have havo half halt an nn hour credit on the books That's because Salt Lake City Is Ison ison on OIl the edge of or the time Ure zone The sun figuratively ly travels the approximately miles around the earth In 24 i hours so a time zone represents a little over a thousand- thousand mile span Theoretically any particular particular par par- point in time would refer only to tho center of or the zone In other words what Salt Lake City calls caBs noon is actually earlier in the morning morning by by about half halt an hour Salt Lake City has baa 28 minutes more daylight dalIght than does Denver Mr Alter said and an hour more than those p points on the eastern edge edgo of the mountain time zone People who like to monkey with the he clocks would enjoy a trip across ho tho Pacific ocean They change the clocks every day aboard ship and finall finally they call today tomor tomor- row When its it's Wednesday in Shanghai its it's Tuesday over here So when the liner line r reaches aches the International international in- in date line the calendar calendars Is s sot set ahead a da day the tho captains captain's dinner is held and the passengers hold lold wassail A whole day extra however would be too much so the clocks are inched back a little each day lay On the way back the process is reversed re and the tourist gets to Sy k kA A f S I gt I I i if f it 4 J L I tL l J. J Cecil Alter Finds lost hall half hour hive ive one day of his life over again And when he gets home the confusion confusion sion alon arising from daylight saving time Ime seems like childs child's play I