America and Americans / Europeans

[sagehen]

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>As we learned when vacationing in NL last summer, Iceland keeps
>Greenwich Time even though they're at 21deg 51min W longitude, putting
>them theoretically one zone (almost two) behind Greenwich. (360 / 24
>= 15deg / hr, and since Zone 0 is centered on the Zero Meridian the
>first theoretical boundary is at 7deg 30min, and the next one at 22deg
>30min.)
>
>-- Mark M.

An even greater deviation from zoning by longitude is the
8-hrs-ahead-of-GMT zone that Larry's time stamp was showing the other day.
That zone stretches all the way across mainland China, covering more than
50š.
AM


A&M Murie
N. Bangor NY
sagehen at westelcom.com