How does this work terrestrially? Does one use the appropriate local planet time when dirtside or in orbit and the Galactic Standard system only when traveling, or does one use the GS system universally? Blast 18:35, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
I figure that both are appropriate dirtside, and Galactic Standard is necessary when communicating between star systems. However, every measurement system in Basilicus is local to some region of space - the Helic system is just common to the Helics and the Kelosians (i.e. most of what we have articles about). Local practices can be anything you like. --Brilliand 21:45, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
- Well, I kind of figured one would at least have to use the Galactic Standard when making interstellar transits, but it would cause problems if you tried to superimpose it on an existing timekeeping system (if one were say, for example, that Earth now had ten hours in each day, it wouldn't work, because you'd have 0300 being the very early morning one day and the same time a few months later it would be mid-day). Blast 22:14, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
- It's no worse than measuring time in hours on Earth. When I say 72 hours, you know exactly what that means, even though it doesn't have much to do with the planet's daylight cycle. Galactic time is for being exact, while planetary time is for being easy to understand. It's the same for Americans and measurement systems - I use feet and inches informally, but as soon as I want to be scientific I switch to meters. --Brilliand 23:18, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
- Ah, so it's less of an absolute system, and more of a relative system, I take it (e.g., '50 GM from now', etc.)? Blast 23:54, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
- Sorry... since the article name is a relative term, I assumed you were referring to the relative term. Time zones might be a better analogy for GST. Wikis use UTC, but talking to my friends in RL I use my time zone. So one would use the appropriate local planet time when in orbit or dirtside, unless communicating with someone who wasn't at the same planet. --Brilliand 01:00, 16 April 2007 (UTC)