Jet Lag Is Worse on Mars - The Atlantic
"‘When we landed the Mars Pathfinder, we did Mars time,’ Trosper said in a phone interview from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. ‘That’s the first time we ever did Mars time.’ They stayed on Mars time for only a month. Having an extra 40 minutes to the day every day quickly added up—the difference between 6 p.m. on Earth and 6:40 p.m. on Mars one week turned into the difference between 6 p.m. on Earth and 11:20 p.m. on Mars a week later. Unlike time-zone differences, where the time on the clock is different but days pass in the same 24-hour increments, the time differences between Earth and Mars compound quickly."
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