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From: dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re:  Times and Time Zones
Message-ID: <1480@bsu-cs.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 11-Nov-87 21:02:01 EST
Article-I.D.: bsu-cs.1480
Posted: Wed Nov 11 21:02:01 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 14-Nov-87 04:47:59 EST
References: <8711102237.AA03147@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi)
Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana
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In article <8711102237.AA03147@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> IMHW400@INDYVAX.BITNET 
writes:
     [Indiana does not fool around with clocks twice a year so] on the
     telephone, one does have to remember that one is in CDT in the
     summer and EST in the winter.

Not at all;  it is enough to remember that one is in EST year round,
which is the same as saying that one is in CDT year round.

     EST = CDT = GMT+5

This thorughly confuses people, which is the way it should be.

Daylight savings is stupid.  For that matter, four timezones in
continental USA are stupid too.  They should have only two:  one for
the eastern half, and one for the western half, differing by two
hours.
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Rahul Dhesi         UUCP:  <backbones>!{iuvax,pur-ee,uunet}!bsu-cs!dhesi