Talk:Midnight Geohash
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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)
