Crossing time zones is no big deal except when date-stamping digital images. Accurate time-keeping demands that all timing devices are reset whenever a time zone boundary is crossed. However, if done during the day---when photos are being shot with abandon---this plays havoc with the sequencing of photos by time.

Back in the days when I felt the need to maintain accurate time stamps in my camera, I resorted to the method depicted above to show me where in the sequence of images I reset the camera's clock. But using Adobe Lightroom can do the same thing for me by sorting images by image number, so what's the point of the effort shown above?

I came to my senses soon after this episode and abandoned any concern for time zone accuracy. Now I leave the camera's clock alone during a road trip. Of course, that means that images produced in the Mountain Time Zone are time-stamped as if they were in the Pacific Time Zone. This disqualifies me for consideration for the Adrian Monk Accuracy in Photographic Date-Stamping Award. I'm trying to cope with that disappointment by consuming mass quantities of industrial-grade tranquilizers.