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Re: Time zone by letter and DST
From: Bill B
Date: 2007 Aug 20, 17:13 -0400
From: Bill B
Date: 2007 Aug 20, 17:13 -0400
Gary & Lu > Time zones can be pretty confusing, even without governments throwing in > oddities (like India being 4h 30m ahead of GMT/UTC). You've got several > concepts thrown together in your note: I like the Chathman Islands and Nepal, with 45 minute offsets. Better yet Mexico at 06 with the footnote of "1 This is standard legal time, but local mean time is generally used." All evidence in, it looks like when a letter designation is used, it refers to standard time, and it is up to the individual to make the adjustment to daylight saving time when necessary. Parts of Indiana (near the Ohio and Wabash River junction) are over 88d W, but operate on central time, as do counties near Chicago. Always makes arranging a meeting with a boat owner from my town (eastern) at his boat in Michigan City (central) an interesting conversation, depending on whether he is in Lafayette or Michigan City when we have the phone conversation.Thanks Bill --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
