And stop saying it at high noon on January 1 at GMT/UTC time!
Right now the New Year is being born in transition from 2018 to 2019.
There is a 27 hour window when on planet Earth it is both 2018 and
2019 at the same time. Antarctica is the only
place on land that have this phenomena happen for the longest duration
of 24 hours, where the transition of years happens.
It starts every
December 31st 10:00am GMT or UTC
(Universal Coordinated Time) and the last embers of the year burn out
January 1st at 12:00pm GMT or UTC. Depending on your location on
planet Earth, it could be 2018 or 2019!
Those of you living in NYC, DC,
Boston (Eastern-Leo Time Zone) that means, the global transition of the
'annual synchronic-transitional phase' starts at 5am December 31st and
ends 7am January 1st. Basically the solar year from a global point of
view is over at 7am. But this post deals with the end of the Lunar
phase from last year. And the Original Testament put the Moon in charge
of the night after all.
Like an snake coming out of its old skin, the transition period of Earth being on the cusp of two years lasts 27 hours. Why not 24 hours, because the day has been official stretched out to 27hr time zones: two extra time zones are in the South Pacific and UTC/GMT is a zero point time zone. That means for 27hrs, the Earth is like crab coming out of its old shell, temporally speaking.
Consequently a day is more than just 24 hours. December 31st actually lasts 51 hours on a global scale, as does every other day. Here is the math there are 14 time zone hours forward from UTC and 12 after, plus the one time zone of 'ZERO ZULU' which all adds up to the 27 hour stretch. But the last time zone hold on to the day for 24 hours. Thus 27 plus 24 makes a total of 51 hours for a day to be officially in existence.
Monday, December 31, 2018
Friday, December 7, 2018
Taste The 80s, 19 80s - Skittles
Plastic, colorful...Skittles somehow have captured the 19 80s in their sugars.
Thursday, December 6, 2018
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