On Jan 3, 2012, at 6:41 AM, Clive D.W. Feather wrote: > Zefram said: >> The western side of the IDL is much more fashionable than the eastern >> side. The IDL has been gradually shifting eastwards for many years. >> With the network effect from wanting to have one's timezone close to that >> of one's geographical neighbours, I wonder if there's actually any stable >> location for it. Maybe it's going to secularly sweep right around the >> globe forevermore (or at least until timezones per se go out of fashion). > > I suspect that we may see the various Polynesian islands, perhaps as far as > Gambier or even Pitcairn, dragged across in the way you suggest. But Hawaii > and Rapa Nui are going to want to stay on the same day as the rest of their > country, and I don't see the Americas being particularly attracted to New > Zealand.
Also, with the sea level rises predicted for the next century we may see fewer of these island nations at all, so the issue may become moot, sadly. Warner _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
