[LEAPSECS] Tripping over the International Date Line

[Zefram]

Rob Seaman wrote:

>Recall that it was the IDL that saved the wager.


Poppycock.  It was getting round the world in less that 80*86400 seconds
that saved the wager.  The effect of timezones and the IDL was merely
to sow confusion as to whether the time limit had been exceeded.

Passepartout had the right idea.  If only his watch had displayed the date
as well, rather than just time of day modulo 12 hours, his habit would
have avoided all that fuss.  And avoided a dramatic plot twist, of course.

-zefram