Now that I'm retired, I have created a new time zone, JEST or Joe's Eastern Standard Time. The time zone boundary and my property boundary are the coincident. Clocks inside the house remain set at UT+10 + 10 year round. The idea came from my friends the Ogilvy Family who own a property in South Australia next to Cameron Corner. Their property is bigger than Luxembourg and so, with infrequent contact with the outside world, they figured they could have their own, constant time zone rather than SA time.
There are some practical reasons for this, I am not a complete Luddite. I have a beautiful Seiko Quartz clock bought by my parents in the 1970's. Brass body and analogue hands.
A single AA battery lasts about 3-4 years and it only loses a few seconds over that period. The time change knob was missing when I came into possession of it after my parents passed. So setting it means waiting until the time catches up to the clock. I can only be bothered to do this every 3-4 years when I have to replace the battery.
I have another faceless wall clock (arms only) stuck to my wall with a removable adhesive. I assembled the clock from a clock kit I bought online. Again, I can't be bothered detaching the clock until the battery needs to be replaced every few years.
Finally I can easily add an hour during summer months. I moderate another astronomy forum and work with a team of moderators and admins scattered around the world. Consequently, I am frequently doing mental arithmetic working out who is sleeping and who is awake on the team or setting delayed publication of my astronomy quizzes to publish at midnight, 1st of the month in California ensuring that it's the new month for everyone bar a couple of members in Hawaii.
Subtracting one hour is the easiest of the calculations I do.
Joe
posted at 15:19 JEST
