HI there
I'm an architect from México and I published a blog of Yucatán sundials,
especially those that come from the colonial age. The adress is:
http://relojdesolyucatan.blogspot.com/
Some new entries were added, like the sundials of Sn. Francisco Coventry at
Oxkutzcab (pretty hard to say
I think the question is: what is the maximum difference between the
time on a clock and the time on a sundial?
The maximum difference must be in the west of China (about 74° E).
The reference for civil time for China is 120° E.
The difference is (120 -74) x 4 + 14 EOT = 198 minutes (3 hours and
> For example, I think some countries may not subscribe
> to the general rule of reference meridians and time
> zone division every 15 degrees...
It gets even worse than you thought. You can be a whole
DAY out...
The Line Islands in the Pacific keep their clocks
at GMT+14. The International D
I looked this up a long time ago for the continental USA and came up with
this info re: the extremes of local time within time zones:
EST 75deg. Meridian. Range 15deg. west, 8 deg. east of meridian.
CST 90 deg. Range 15w, 5.5e
MST 105deg. Range 13.5w, 5e
PST 120 deg. Range 5w, 6e.
I do not know
Hello All,
As I work on several Spectra dials this week I am contemplating time
correction. Exclusive of the Standard/Summer time correction, I include
longitude correction when laying out my dials, and most dials range
between ± 0-45 mins or so based on the offset from the reference
meridia
