Talk:SS Warrimoo

The century changed from 1900–1901, not 1899–1900.

Start of the century

We say this:

This story makes the common claim that the new century started in the year 1900, though some believe it was one year out and the beginning of the next century was 1 January 1901 (a matter of debate).

It's not a debate. It's two different ways of delineating centuries:

• "The 20th century" began in 1901
• "The 1900s" began in 1900

It can't be a debate if there's no conflict. --Doradus (talk) 13:19, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

This has been well resolved on the page. -- Hugh7 (talk) 09:19, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

Summer/Winter, East/West

It is absurd to say it was summer north of the Equator and winter south of it. The tropics, almost by definition, don't have those seasons. The bow of the ship was however in the Southern Hemisphere, and the Eastern Hemisphere, and the stern in the Northern and Western Hemispheres (east and west of Greenwich, that is). Those things are true at that location - 0°Lat: 180°Long - always. Equally, the time paradox, half the ship on one day, half on another, is true of every ship at midnight every night wherever it is (but given the establishment of time zones as well as the date line, only when it is athwart any two zones), and when it's a rare day, such as the turn of a century, true everywhere on earth over the course of 24 hours; the Warrimoo was just in the right place at the right time - if it was. -- Hugh7 (talk) 09:19, 2 October 2023 (UTC)