Time did not stand still as some would think it did, just because the sun stood still,and the moon stopped it's course. Joshua knew he needed all of the daylight to defeat the Amorites as God was to deliver them into his hand. He did not want darkness to to fall on them as they fought their enemy. He knew that they were a large number,and would take all day to defeat them. When he told the sun to stand still and the moon to stop, God agreed with him and granted him his request. Their victory came at the end of that day,and when it did the sun took it's place and the moon also., in an instant. time keepers were on track again. Fairbanks,Alaska reminds me of that day when it is daylight for seventy straight days. that means the sun stands still and the moon stops also, but time goes on.