Obviously, we do not really gain or lose real time when we adjust the clocks. Just our "official" time on the clock. For some reason, this time around, I began wondering about that extra hour we "gain".
So, at 2 am, we turn it back to 1 am. So on that date, in this case November 5th, there are two hours considered 1 am to 2 am. The first is usual, the second, manufactured when you set the clock back. Obviously time still passes as usual. But the thing that I am struck by, is that there are two instances of the same numerical time on the same day.
For instance, say a baby is born at 1:30 am. Then you set the clock back again and another baby is born at the second 1:30 am of the day. So both would have 1:30 am on 11/5 as their birth date, BUT they actually were born an hour apart.
The same would be true for any "official" time - of birth, of death, of a crime occurring... How do we distinguish the two 1:30s apart on paper -- on records. Do we? I don't think we do, but shouldn't we, since it does make a difference to when something actually occurred?
An interesting conundrum spinning through my mind. Any thoughts?
Terri
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