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Old Tue Mar 10, 2009, 06:32am
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Originally Posted by Mark Padgett View Post
I once officiated a game on the deck of a cruise ship. A team had the ball in their backcourt when the ship crossed the international dateline and it became yesterday. They wanted an additional 24 hours to get the ball into frontcourt.
I also worked a game on the same cruise ship, but we crossed the International Date Line going the other way, and it was the day Daylight Saving Time started, at the exact time of the game. We were really confused, so my partner and I postponed the game and spent several hours in the pool, in the casino, at the buffet, and at the bar, going through the rulebook and casebook looking for a similar situation.
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