Setting the time and date
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Step Two: Set the calendar
About the calendar: The calendar window has two rows of dates. The top row is used
for the world to the right of the map dateline, the bottom row for the world to the left.
The offset black indicator lines behind the glass represent the dateline.
Things to know: At any moment (other than the stroke of midnight along the
international dateline), there are two days occurring simultaneously. The progress of
the dateline across the map should match the progress of the black indicator lines
between the calendar calibration marks. See below:
Map
Matching Calendar Setting
The moment
earth
experiences 1
day (stroke
of midnight
along
dateline)
International
dateline at
noon and
calendar
indicator lines
halfway
between
calibration
lines
Dateline
Dateline
The location of this black line says that
approximately two-thirds of May 6
th
remains for the
world on the right of the dateline (international
dateline at 8am)
