The time zone boundaries in North America are quite irregular. Have a look at <http://www.nrc.ca/inms/time/tze.html> for the current Canadian time zone maps. -- Richard Langley Professor of Geodesy and Precision Navigation
On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, harriet wrote: >Dear All, > >Can anyone clarify American and European time zones for me? I am trying >to write instructions for setting up a dial which can be used in any >location. > >The NASS dialist's companion gives the meridians for US time zones >as: Atlantic 60? W > Eastern 75? W > Central 90?W > Mountain 105? W > Pacific 120?W > >Do all Americans adhere to these time zones, or are some like the French >who >like to be one hour ahead of GMT even though France lies within 7.5? of the >Greenwich >Meridian? > >If I set up a dial in say Pittsburg, Pennsylvania (longitude 80? W) which >tells local solar time, >ignoring corrections for the Equation of Time, am I correct in saying that >it will run 20 minutes slow to Eastern Standard Time as it is 5? west of >the Eastern time meridian? > >Do countries in Europe apart from France adhere to the 'correct' zone? >What about daylight saving in the US and Europe? > >Any help gratefully received. > >Harriet James > =============================================================================== Richard B. Langley E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geodetic Research Laboratory Web: http://www.unb.ca/GGE/ Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Phone: +1 506 453-5142 University of New Brunswick Fax: +1 506 453-4943 Fredericton, N.B., Canada E3B 5A3 Fredericton? Where's that? See: http://www.city.fredericton.nb.ca/ ===============================================================================