Today it is Sunday, October 26, 2014
while I am writing this post. Today, at 3.00 O’ clock in the morning all clocks
are shifted 1 hour behind here in France. So, at 3 all digital clocks, all
computer clocks, all mobile clocks automatically starts displaying 2.00 AM. All mechanical clocks need to be taken back 1
hour manually. It is special day here in Paris or maybe at many parts of
Europe. May be it is common for Europeans, but for Indian like me it is new funny
event.
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| When I woke up today morning my digital clock and Mechanical clock shows one hour difference. :) |
In India there is only one time zone. And time is same all the year.
But, in Paris, it changes twice year. In March on last Sunday, they will
restore all the clocks by 1 hour. It is done here for daylight saving. I think
it is good idea and necessary step, because during this time of year, there is
dark outside until 8.00AM. But, all
daily routine work starts early morning and due to dark all lights needs to be
kept on. But, by shifting clocks 1 hour behind, it is possible to tune the
clock and with the sunrise and sunset. This must be saving lot of energy.
Daylight saving is normal for
Europeans, but it raise many questions in my mind. It generates many funny
situations and I am not sure how they are handled. Clocks are changed in the
midnight while everybody is sleeping. Most of the people can continue their
life in normal way. But these situations, given below may produce lot of
confusion.
Case 1:
For example, if some baby say Baby A,
is born at say 2.45AM on 26th October, but since clocks are switched
back at 3.00 AM to 2.00AM (by one hour), 2.45AM will come again after one hour
this baby A is born. Suppose baby B is born at this moment, then its birth time
is also 2.45AM. So actually baby A is 1 hour elder to baby B but their birth
time is same 2.45AM. Funny, isn’t it? I will try to know what happens in this
situation. Is their birth times are marked as 2.45a AM and 2.45b AM? In
India, people believe lot in astrology. According to astrology baby’s birth
time is extremely important. Difference of one minute can change fate of newborn.
I don’t know if Indian astrologists have given thought about this solution.
Case 2:
Another situation can produce the
confusion in minds of Police or investigating agencies. Suppose some crime
happens at 2.30AM at some place. Now, if criminal person returns to his/her
home in next say 15 minutes. But, since time is taken behind by one hour, at
3.00 O’clock to 2.00 O’clock, 2.30AM will come again exactly after one hour. So
criminal may be able to prove that he/she was at different place (at home in
this case) when crime happened. Of course brilliant police here must have
thought through this already. But I am not aware how they deal with this
situation.
Case 3:
It is interesting case. It’s my own.
I came to Paris in October and I will be returning India in December. When I
came from India to Paris time difference in India and France was 3 hours 30
minutes. So I gained, 3:30 hours in my life. But, when I will return to India,
time difference will be 4 hours and 30 minutes. I will be returning 4.30 hours.
So technically speaking I lost one hour in my life. On absolute scale everything is
same though. To gain my lost one hour, I need to come back here again when time
changes in March.
So playing with the time is always
dangerous and can produce funny events. To see what all can happen just see the
movie series “Back to the future”. It can be really mess. Can you guess any
other situation? Do you know answer to my questions? Please let me know.
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