[HPforGrownups] Re: Timelines

Shaun Hately drednort at alphalink.com.au
Thu Jul 29 01:18:31 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 108034

On 29 Jul 2004 at 1:12, pippin_999 wrote:

> If it doesn't, then Harry would have wondered why the Hogwarts 
> Express actually left at noon  Muggle time. Probably the wizards 
> adopted Muggle time zones when they started using the railway 
> system, just as Muggles themselves did.

Very possibly - and we do have some indication of this in the first 
book where we are given enough information to see Muggle time and 
Wizard time actually matching. But I hesitate to base an assumption 
on one piece of data if I can avoid it. Has anyone seen any other 
indications?






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