Ira Abramov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Quoting guy keren, from the post of Wed, 17 Mar:
> > ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/pub/tz/israel (look at the 'README' file) for easy
> > instructions for the madness called israeli summer-time ;)
> 
> the fun ain't over. just last week I read that Poraz plans to move us
> one time zone to the east... GMT+3 in winter and GMT+4 in summer! Like
> they had in the 1950s... life isn't dull :-)

Ouch. Given the extent of the interaction I - as so many others in
this country - have with people living 7, 8, or 10 hours to the West
this is not going to be fun. I hope even Poraz is not so stupid.

I used to live in a big industrial city that was 1 hour to the East of
Moscow (about 30 minutes ahead astronomically). The authorities in
that country had no qualms whatsoever about messing with space-time,
but at least they did it in the right direction, decreeing that the
time should be the same as in Moscow to improve communication.

The "decree time" was switched on and off several times, and so was
daylight saving time - independently. One amusing effect of that is
that I am unable to tell an astrologer the hour of my birth without
additional research. It actually helped me to dismiss several offers
to create a personal horoscope. ;-)

-- 
Oleg Goldshmidt | [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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