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Re: Zone Time -- longitudinal or political?
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2006 Jun 8, 15:32 +1000
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2006 Jun 8, 15:32 +1000
In the Pacific there is a nation made up of specks of land cast across an immense swathe of ocean that has decided to unite them all into the one time zone. Unfortunately, this straddles the international date line ... Talk about confusing! There are a few places that defy logic or use their own versions. The Russian train system, straddling 8 (?) time zones, runs the whole system on Moscow time, so if you're a train user in the far east you certainly need to track both time systems. Renee Wrote > > Does the cruising navigator need 3 watches? One to keep GMT, one to keep > Zone Time, and one to keep "shore time"?
