I hate when this happens

[chris_gerrib]

My novel-in-progress is set on Mars. I have action taking place in:
- Port Lowell, a town on the Prime Meridian.
- Bradbury, a town on the Tharsis bulge.
- Olympus Mons.

Mars is a planet. Olympus Mons is at 133 degrees west, or 8 hours behind Port Lowell. Bradbury is 15 degrees east of Olympus, or 7 hours behind Port Lowell. (a degree of longitude on Mars is Edit 60 (not 240) kilometers at the equator.)

I need to develop a timeline of when events happen with TWO times - Olympus and Port Lowell.

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[bdunbar.livejournal.com]

I need to develop a timeline of when events happen with TWO times - Olympus and Port Lowell.

People on Mars use timezones? Why not set everything to GMT and call it a day?

[chris-gerrib.livejournal.com]

for the same reason we don't do that on Earth. Daylight gets in the way. Besides, since the Martian day is longer then ours, it would have to be Martian Standard Time.