Talk:Midnight Geohash

Unclear and self-contradictory timing rules

Someone brought it up on the IRC and taking a closer look, the rules are somewhat self-contradictory. Currently it says:

• First midnight after announcement
• First night after announcement
• 0:00 east of W30, 24:00 west of W30

There are two issues with that definition:

• On weekends, the first midnight after announcement is 0:00 also west of W30, which would mean that there are different times to go there depending on the day.
• In the very east - like, Australia and New Zealand - the coordinates are announced around or after midnight, making it impossible to go at 0:00.

I want to propose a redefinition like follows:

• 24:00 on all days for W30 to W180
• 0:00 on all days for W30 to E90 (border debatable)
• 24:00 on all days for E90 to E180

At E90 the coordinates are announced around 20:30, still leaving a realistic chance to start on the same evening. This border may be debatable, though. Setting the border to the timezone border UTC+8/UTC+9 would create places where only half an hour is left on weekdays, though.

--Ekorren 22:35, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Sounds good to me. At the moment it seems to imply I should do my sunday hash on friday night. :| Juventas 22:44, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Why not change the rules to just "in the middle of the night" so that the hasher can freely choose whether he/she wants to be at the hashpoint at either 0:00 or 23:59? I don't see a reason why we should limit the options at all. --Ilpadre 07:24, 25 January 2009 (UTC)