Why are time changes at 2 am?

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This may be a stupid question but why doesn't it just change at midnight?

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Because that would probably be more confusing regarding time /date issues.

Today it is 10/24/17. At midnight, it is 10/25/17, then its 11pm again or 10/24, then its midnight again or 10/25/17.

That's silly.

I haven't a clue. I'll ask my contacts in Greenwich and get back to you.

It's 5 o' clock somewhere.

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It's midnight on the west coast so no parts of the country change in different days.

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This is the correct answer.

Speaking of time change...I just got back from FT. Benning Georgia. Georgia is on Eastern Time and across the bridge, Alabama is on Central time. I can only imagine how fricked up it must be if you had to cross the bridge to go to work in a different time zone.

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So I guess it was a stupid question then.

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There is no such thing as a stupid question.

I wish they just made one universal time zone tbh.

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So I guess it was a stupid question then.

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Not even close. This is one of the most reasonable questions I've seen on this website.

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Speaking of time change...I just got back from FT. Benning Georgia. Georgia is on Eastern Time and across the bridge, Alabama is on Central time. I can only imagine how fricked up it must be if you had to cross the bridge to go to work in a different time zone.

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There's a lake between the two states (I can't remember the name), but when you're there your phone will keep switching towers (one in Georgia and one in Alabama) and the time will constantly change. I was pretty confused as to what the actual time was when we were there. I don't even remember which side of the lake we stayed on.