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From: werner@utastro.UUCP (Werner Uhrig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Map CDev (was CloseView)
Summary: TimeZones are worthless
Message-ID: <2835@utastro.UUCP>
Date: 1 Jul 88 04:57:58 GMT
References: <11495@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <52653@ti-csl.CSNET> <16397@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU>
Organization: U. Texas, Astronomy, Austin, TX
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I suspect the algorithm for calculating the time-zone is too simplistic
as it doesn't coincide with reality;  I suspect that it's simply assuming that
every 15 degrees longitude the next time-zone starts ...

for example, if you select Paris, you find that the time zone is correctly
indicated as +1 hour to GMT, but if you click just next to it, you find that
anywhere to 7'30" you get GMT, and at 7'31" you get +1 hour ...

does anyone know a way to exchange and import data into the MAP?  I'd like to
educate the country about Texas.... (-: