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Gryphon
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Nov-06-19, 11:35 AM (EST) |
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4. "RE: Klaang Klaang Klaang went the trolley"
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LAST EDITED ON Nov-06-19 AT 04:04 PM (EST) >No. Only once an hour. As opposed to after 11, which it is NOT only >once an hour, that being on the hour, when it is exactly 11 and not >after it. On a point of order, there are some time zones (e.g., Newfoundland & Labrador) that are less than a full-hour increment off GMT. Alternately, there is the Bill Bryson interpretation (from his reading of a bit of another author's book on Australia in In a Sunburned Country): "About 2,800 milligrams talking there, I would say." --G. -><- Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Mod Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/ zgryphon at that email service Google has Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam. |
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MoonEyes
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Nov-06-19, 04:02 PM (EST) |
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5. "RE: Klaang Klaang Klaang went the trolley"
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>On a point of order, there are some time zones (e.g., Newfoundland & >Labrador) that are less than a full hour off GMT. This is true, I stand corrected. I would also like to note that, in my opinion, these time zones are WEIRD. I offer as proof of this the "Iran Standard Time" zone, which is UTC +3:30, and which only happens in Iran, even though there are other nations that essentially surround it that don't do something like this, several of which are small enough that they're "inside" the width of Iran(although, obviously, not inside Iran as such). The only reason I can think of for this is that they're, well, Iran. ...! Stoke Mandeville, Esq & The Victorian Ballsmiths "Nobody Want Verdigris-Covered Balls!" |
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Pasha
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Nov-07-19, 12:13 PM (EST) |
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7. "RE: Klaang Klaang Klaang went the trolley"
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>>On a point of order, there are some time zones (e.g., Newfoundland & >>Labrador) that are less than a full hour off GMT. > >This is true, I stand corrected. I would also like to note that, in my >opinion, these time zones are WEIRD. >I offer as proof of this the "Iran Standard Time" zone, which is UTC >+3:30, and which only happens in Iran, even though there are other >nations that essentially surround it that don't do something like >this, several of which are small enough that they're "inside" the >width of Iran(although, obviously, not inside Iran as such). >The only reason I can think of for this is that they're, well, Iran. If you ever have a few spare minutes, and want to tear your hair out in frustration as to who thought this was a good idea, read up on Daylight Savings Time in Turkey. And then weep for those poor fools who have to keep datetime libraries up to date. -- -Pasha "Don't change the subject" "Too slow, already did." |
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