On 23 Sep 2004 at 7:12, Mark Roberts wrote: > "mike.wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I was going to make a smartalec response about being glad that I would > >not run out of time zones to take photographs in but _28_ time zones? > >What planet is this camera for? > > Earth. Some countries have odd time zones of their own choosing that are > on the half hour with respect GMT. Sometimes it's because the country is > large and straddles two time zones (India, for example) and sometimes > it's because it's small and in between two time zones (Burma, Sri Lanka, > Afghanistan). Saudi Arabia used to reset all its clocks every day in > order to keep midnight correct with respect to prayer times. Imagine > getting *that* programmed into your ist-D! (I'm pretty sure Saudi Arabia > doesn't do this any more.)
It's a PITA but we have a half hour offset here (Oz) some times :-( http://www.frogandtoad.com.au/home/essential16.html Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
