>And what happens for those places that don't use an hour offset? I think there >are places in Australia which use hh:30 during daylight savings time. Like >Australian Central Standard Time which is +9.5
Newfoundland, Canada is also a half-hour different from Atlantic Time. The time zones are based on every 15degrees of longitude (15 * 24 = 360). But, some parts of countries stick out in abnormal ways, hence the half-hour. I believe, there are only three zones that are half-hour differences: Newfoundland The one in Australia Sri Lanka (or somewhere in India). Trivia: Sir Stanford Flemming (A Canadian) invented the system to help with train scheduling in the early 1800's. When in doubt. PANIC!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
