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From: msb@sq.uucp (Mark Brader)
Date: Fri, 11-Mar-88 01:48:36 EST
Message-ID: <1988Mar11.014836.4816@sq.uucp>
Newsgroups: comp.misc,rec.aviation
Subject: Re: Timezones
References: <1083@ektools.UUCP> <325@jc3b21.UUCP>
Reply-To: msb@sq.UUCP (Mark Brader)
Organization: SoftQuad Inc., Toronto

> All the time zones in the world have a one-letter
> identifier.  The one for Greenwich happens to be "Z".

This would be a neat trick, since there are about 35 time zones in the world.

Even when you exclude the ones that are on half hours and odder amounts,
there are still at least 26, because the International Date Line wanders
east and west.  Does the single-letter system cover all of these?
What does it do about daylight saving time, which creates an additional
"zone" just west of the line when in effect?

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