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The sun sets around 4 in the winter even in Philadelphia. This would imply that basically all of New England should move to Atlantic Time.
by skykooler 9y ago
The sun sets around 4 in the winter even in Philadelphia. This would imply that basically all of New England should move to Atlantic Time.
- phyzome 9y agoBut only if you think there should be no particular correspondence between solar time and clock time. (I'm not going to have that argument at this moment, though.) Eastern Standard Time in Massachusetts is a good match: - Boston: https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/usa/boston https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/usa/boston - Lenox, on the opposite side: https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/@4941853 https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/@4941853
- asveikau 9y agoPhiladelphia is not in New England. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England Also the article says Massachusetts wouldn't do it without the rest of New England also joining: > A majority of other states in New England would have to jump on the time-zone train, too. Edit: Must have been downvoted by west coasters who don't know what new england is ...
- kw71 9y agoIf New England is North or East of Philadelphia, then shouldn't the situation for New England be worse, iow, sunset earlier?
- asveikau 9y agoIt's both north and east. And I think that was the point of the article, that New England has it particularly bad for this. Most people think that east coast cities are on a north-south axis, but as you go up I-95 (the major highway connecting these cities) you are actually traveling northeast. It was a head trip for me being from DC when I realized I could drive straight north for 5 hours and end up in Rochester, NY, or drive "north" on 95 for 5 hours and end up in New York City, but the distance between those two points was also itself a 5-6 hour drive.