The West Wing- What time is it in Japan....?

The West Wing Season 2 Episode 15. Senior staff trying to work out when the President will be back from his trip to Japan

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Entertainment

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• the west wing
• president bartlett
• josh lyman
• sam seaborn
• c j cregg
• toby ziegler

[nascarkraz]

11 in morning, 11 in the afternoon? was that a goof! Still funny and well done scene. :)

[tobiojo10]

@nascarkraz thank you

[rgefd0210]

He's gonna land in Washington an hour before he took off, and thats not a story they beats the surgeon general?! LOL

[stopthemadness99]

I'm pretty sure that adds up to jet lag from hell...

[conorsykes]

'The man's gone for 150 hours how the hell can it be Thursday the whole time.'

'Ok look, Japan is 9 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time...'

'Don't.'

Love The West Wing!

[TheRepublicOfUngeria]

why we need a standard time zone

[randyck]

HILARIOUSl.

[Darusdei]

@Tigerman1138 well 24-hour is pretty much eveywhere except in the u.s. just like the metric system

[randyck]

I remember traveling back and forth from South Korea, and this was exactly how it was. LOL. The jet lag was HORRENDOUS.

[Tigerman1138]

@MrGrinningManiac You are right! Not to be confused with International Phonetic Alphabet which is about how words are said, I meant the "Military phonetic alphabet" or sometimes called NATO phonetic alphabet. Look that up on Wikipedia. It is used to avoid confusing words and letters which sound alike over radio in military and other applications.T/Z/E can sound alike...but "zulu" is distinct, as is "echo" or "tango".

[MrGrinningManiac]

@Tigerman1138 I don't think you meant International Phonetic Alphabet (Google it). But, in fairness, I have no idea what you call "Alpha, Bravo, Charlie" either.

[NatalieUGA]

The man's gone 150 hours. How can it be Thursday the whole time?

[Tigerman1138]

@TokyoSpike I use to work for an insurance office doing car quotes.... I spent time in Israel and told time as a 24-hour close, I learned Morse Code and as a result learned the International Phonetic Alphabet. People would hear me on the phone reading back peoples' licenses and registrations with phrases like "alpha, bravo, charlie, etc" and see times on quote sheets like 14:15. Everyone asked if I spent time in the military, I'd just tell them I found it easier to use the 24-hour clock.