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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA7288 ; Mon, 18 Jan 93 10:51:12 EST Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!eff!news.oc.com!utacfd.uta.edu!rwsys!sneaky!gordon From: gordon@sneaky.lonestar.org (Gordon Burditt) Subject: Re: problems with date Message-ID: <C14LJB.62M@sneaky.lonestar.org> Organization: Gordon Burditt References: <1iu2jsINN518@fbi-news.Informatik.Uni-Dortmund.DE> <1993Jan14.064517.7201@st.simbirsk.su> <1993Jan18.131519.22234@rdg.dec.com> Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 00:04:15 GMT Lines: 12 >In real life, time zone is expressed with the range -12:+12 (and not 0:23) as >well ; just the sign >changes, being GMT+1 east from GMT. In real life, there is a time zone -13 (hours *WEST* of GMT, or 13 hours east of GMT) caused by politically-inspired jogs in the international date line. It even has some land in it. It is 23 hours different from the adjacent +10 zone. Gordon L. Burditt sneaky.lonestar.org!gordon