Re: [MacPerl] Q on Mac Time Zones

[John W Baxter <jwblist@olympus.net>]

At 9:02 +0000 1/9/99, Bart Lateur wrote:
> Well, that won't work everywhere. There ARE time zones in the world,
> where the time difference is NOT an integer multiple of an hour. That's
> what the 3rd and 4th digit are for, anyway. I forgot the exact details,
> but I do remember that the western part of Australia and the middle part
> have a time difference of a *half* hour.

There are also some south Pacific islands at xx:15 offsets, and some at xx:45.

I'm not aware of any Apple-supplied UI which would set these values, 
although setting them directly in the PRAM is certainly possible.

Middle of Nowhere is at offset 0000 (per the Map control panel, now 
relegated to Apple Extras).  I wonder whether they observe DST?  ;-) 
[Perhaps they use the old British double summer time.  ;-)]

Speaking of which, I see that I have to put Port Ludlow back into my 
Map (I probably never added it to the 7300, actually).

   --John
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John Baxter   jwblist@olympus.net      Port Ludlow, WA, USA
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