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* ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}'', "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E89ToServeMan To Serve Man]]": While [[spoiler:imprisoned]] on an alien saucer, Michael Chambers demands that the crew tell him what time it is. The response doubles as a MathematiciansAnswer since it's technically correct ''somewhere''.

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* ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}'', "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E89ToServeMan To Serve Man]]": While [[spoiler:imprisoned]] on an alien saucer, Michael Chambers demands that the crew tell him what time it is. The response doubles as a MathematiciansAnswer since it's technically correct ''somewhere''.
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* ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace'': The final battle between Superman and Nuclear Man takes them from Metropolis to China to Italy in a fairly short period; it is daytime in all three places.

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* ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace'': The final battle between Superman and Nuclear Man takes them from Metropolis to China to Italy in a fairly short period; it is daytime in all three places.[[note]]It's actually possible for the sun to be up in all three places around the summer solstice, but it would be early morning in Metropolis and early evening in China; the movie shows full daylight in all three locations.[[/note]]
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* Averted in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''. The series primarily takes place on a single archipelagos roughly the size of Vermont and thus doesn't have to worry about such things, but the one episode where Luz, King, and Hooty use teleportation magic to the other side of the planet it makes a point of showing that it's the middle of the night on one side and and daytime on the other.

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* Averted in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''. The series primarily takes place on a single archipelagos roughly the size of Vermont and thus doesn't have to worry about such things, but the one episode where Luz, King, and Hooty use teleportation magic to go to the other side of the planet it makes a point of showing that it's the middle of the night on one side and and daytime on the other.

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* Averted in ''Manga/OnePiece'' where [[spoiler:Doctor Vegapunk sends out a message to the entire planet and Water 7 is specifically shown to be receiving it in the middle of the night while most of the others islands seen are at sometime during the day.]]
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* Averted in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''. The series primarily takes place on a single archipelagos roughly the size of Vermont and thus doesn't have to worry about such things, but the one episode where Luz, King, and Hooty use teleportation magic to the other side of the planet it makes a point of showing that it's the middle of the night on one side and and daytime on the other.
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A SubTrope of ArtisticLicenseGeography and ImplausibleSynchrony (all clocks show the exact same time of day). Compare UniversalUniverseTime (the rest of the universe follows Earth's time system). Often combined with EiffelTowerEffect as a way to [[NationsOfTheWorldMontage show different faraway places]]. May overlap with DiggingToChina if it's the same time in both China and the country that is digging into it.

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A SubTrope of ArtisticLicenseGeography and ImplausibleSynchrony (all clocks show the exact same time of day). Compare EternalEquinox (day/night cycles are always the exact same length, regardless of the season or the latitude) and UniversalUniverseTime (the rest of the universe follows Earth's time system). Often combined with EiffelTowerEffect as a way to [[NationsOfTheWorldMontage show different faraway places]]. May overlap with DiggingToChina if it's the same time in both China and the country that is digging into it.
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->''"When Jericho has the Millennium Eve scheduling explained for him, including the requirement that the Prince of Darkness do his dirty deed precisely between 11 p.m. and midnight, he asks the very same question I was asking myself: Eastern standard time?"''

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->''"When Jericho has the Millennium Eve scheduling explained for him, including the requirement that the Prince of Darkness do his dirty deed precisely between 11 p.m. and midnight, he asks the very same question I was asking myself: Eastern standard Standard time?"''



The Earth is spherical, and as such, the sun cannot light up its entirety, that's just impossible. Thus, while one side of the world is experiencing daylight, the other side is in nighttime. However, it's not that simple. Even in countries that are experiencing daylight, there are differences between hours, so one place could be in the middle of the day while another is in the evening.

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The Earth is spherical, and as such, the sun cannot light up its entirety, that's just impossible. Thus, while one side of the world is experiencing daylight, the other side is in at nighttime. However, it's not that simple. Even in countries that are experiencing daylight, there are differences between hours, so one place could be in the middle of the day while another is in the evening.



It's possible the writers forgot, or it wasn't important enough to add in, but nonetheless time zones are just nonexistent in the work.

A sub-trope of ArtisticLicenseGeography and sister trope to UniversalUniverseTime. Often combined with EiffelTowerEffect as a way to [[NationsOfTheWorldMontage show different faraway places]]. May overlap with DiggingToChina if it's the same time in both China and the country that is digging to it.

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It's possible the writers forgot, or it wasn't important enough to add in, but nonetheless nonetheless, time zones are just nonexistent in the work.

A sub-trope SubTrope of ArtisticLicenseGeography and sister trope to UniversalUniverseTime.ImplausibleSynchrony (all clocks show the exact same time of day). Compare UniversalUniverseTime (the rest of the universe follows Earth's time system). Often combined with EiffelTowerEffect as a way to [[NationsOfTheWorldMontage show different faraway places]]. May overlap with DiggingToChina if it's the same time in both China and the country that is digging to into it.

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