In the last week, I’ve had three calls in the wee hours of the morning. The first one scared me, since a call at that hour usually means bad news, but as soon as I heard my sister’s perky “Hey, whatcha doin’?” I just said “It’s 3 am here, I’ll call you tomorrow.” FM and FG sleep through anything including ringing phones, so I’m the only one awake after those calls.
It’s hard to get the time difference down since Guam is across the International Dateline. Once you leave Hawaii and head west, you cross the line and lose a day. Guam is a day ahead. One of FG’s favorite things to tell people is “I already know tomorrow’s a great day.” If I weren’t such a “Betty Rubble” of the blog world, I would put a clock on my site with Guam’s current time.
I love getting phone calls from family and friends but, since I’m too out of it to talk at that hour, I’ve listed a guide for the time difference between Guam and a few other time zones. Guam is:
- 14 hours ahead of the Eastern time
- 8 hours ahead of Germany
- 7 hours ahead of Kiev
- 20 hours ahead of Hawaii
- Same time zone as Sydney Australia
As you can see, Guam truly is “Where America’s Day Begins!”
I like the idea of a clock with Guam time. I need to do that. Sorry about the wake up call!
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Thanks everyone for the great ideas!
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I’m in Kwajalein right now, so share your over the dateline woes. I used to live in Saipan as well, and let me tell you, it takes a while to stop getting those calls in the morning! The best thing you can do for family is buy a clock and set it to that time so they’ll ALWAYS know what time it is where you are! If they don’t know about your blog, that is.
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I have actually been wondering that exact same thing! I’d love it if you did put a clock on your site. It’s so fun to think of what you might be doing (like sleeping or whatever) when I’m reading your site. Try this site for the clock… http://test.clocklink.com/ENG/blog.htm#wordPress It has specific directions on how to use their clocks on WordPress. Good Luck!
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I resolved my time problem today by adding time and temp to my blog.
Time from: http://www.worldtimeserver.com
Temp from: http://www.weather.com
It was a fairly easy process – I’ve learned more about HTML in the past 6 months than in all my previous years combined!!
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I can feel your pain.
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