Re: OT: Time zone question

Not anymore, at least for Indiana.  Since last year they've joined the DST fold.



On 5/27/08, li_sasxsek@nutter.net <li_sasxsek@...> wrote:
>> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Mark J. Reed
>
>> In Atlanta we're already far enough West that we should be in the
>> Central time zone instead of the Eastern one we've been legislated
>> into.  So that's an hour difference to start with.  Tack on Daylight
>> Saving Time and you're looking at sunset in the height of summer after
>> 9PM...
>
> Same here in Knoxvegas.  It's 8:34PM right now and still light outside, with
> about 30 min to go before sunset.  The time zone changes about an hour's
> drive West of here (Cumberland County, I believe), something that's messed
> me up a few times when going that way for work.  Being at the Western end of
> the time zone makes for very late sunsets, and sunrises.
>
> Time Zones really don't bother me much as long as the dividing lines are in
> sensible places, it's Daylight Savings that I'd like to see eliminated.
> There are a few places like Indiana, Arizona or Hawaii that don't use it.
>
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