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Question

sarah and mike conclude that it is wednesday. but five minutes later it is already friday. how is that possible?

Answer 1

they crossed the international day line (is that what its called...) time zone around midnight

Answer 2

Sarah and Mike are on wednesday around 23.58h on a boat just east of the date line. That imaginary line goes across the middle of the pacific ocean. They sail in western direction and pass the date line. So it becomes thursday. But because 5 minutes later it is already over 24.00h, it becomes another day later. So suddenly it is already friday.

Remark: a big part of the date line goes through the same time zone. So if you then pass the date line, the time does not change. In a small part the clock will be put back by 1 or 3 hours (in the neighborhood of Alaska). If Sarah and Mike are in such a place, they have to wait some additonal hours before it becomes friday.

Answer 3

Are world time zones somehow involved ?

Answer 4

on a flight and just entered a different time zone?

Answer 5

They went to T.G.I Friday's on Wednesday.

Answer 6

they passed the international date line  when it was 11:55 pm.  so, five minutes later, it would have been Thursday on the other side of the line,  but it is Friday where they are.

Answer 7

Here's one for you:

A cowboy rides into town on Friday. Two days later, he leaves on Friday. How is that possible?

Answer 8

they were wrong and it was Thursday night

Answer 9

His horses name is Friday

Answer 10

At 23:59:00 it was wednesday. At 24:00:00, it was thursday.At 00:04:00, the international date line was crossed and it became friday.

Answer 11

they country where Sarah and mike live is guaranteed as being Wednesday but five minutes later in another county it's Friday. they other country is ahead of their time.