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A Map of the World Constructed from Time Zones (aussie.zone)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Perhaps random was the wrong choice of words. The construction of the theoretical time zones is completely non-random. Some of the country specific changes seem to be though.

I was thinking of the time zone carveouts that wrap around some islands - like Kiribati, where the IDL swings around it with giant straight lines that don't resemble it's EEZ. How were they decided? I can't seem to find anything on it.

Seems though, for most international ocean travel, it doesn't matter (per your excellent links- thankyou). Ships just use an idealized date line at 180 until they hit an EEZ and will use that if they need to communicate with that country.