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Try living in a time zone that is a half-hour deviation from standard time (Newfoundland & Labrador). When I first got an iPod my time zone simply wasn't suppor

Try living in a time zone that is a half-hour deviation from standard time (Newfoundland & Labrador). When I first got an iPod my time zone simply wasn't supported by the software: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/179539 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/179539

NKCSS 11y ago
Try living in Nepal [0] ;) [0] http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/nepal/kathmandu http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/nepal/kathmandu
- ceejayoz 11y ago
  My favorite is Amsterdam Time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTC%2B00:20 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTC%2B00:20 > The exact timezone was GMT +0h 19m 32.13s until March 17, 1937... Yes, 32.13 seconds.
  - rs232 11y ago
    Wow, TIL. Any idea why?
    - colefichter 11y ago
      Every town used to have their own local time based on the sun being at zenith at local noon. For example, a place like Oxford would be a few minutes behind London. With the advent of railways, it became necessary to standardize things a bit. You can imagine the difficulty if each town a train stopped in had its own timezone! There's an interesting podcast from BBC that covers this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/u6Qnc25jQ5OIO-X92mZz6Q http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/u6Qnc25jQ5OI...
    - wodenokoto 11y ago
      I'm just speculating, but maybe that is the actual time difference from Greenwich.
    - wobbleblob 11y ago
      Almost certainly solar time. We had software choke on a birth date once. For some reason these were sent in milliseconds, and that particular instance, midnight July 1st, 1937 didn't exist for this particular locale. At that time, the time was changed to a different meridian, and the clock was moved forward a few seconds. In the 1940s, the nazis set all of occupied Europe to Berlin time, and it stuck. Before that time, Europe had a large number of time zones.
  - leni536 11y ago
    It seems arbitrary, but I think it was similarly defined as GMT considering their location (Wikipedia: 52°22′N 4°54′E): http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%284%C2%B054%27%2F360%C2%B0%29*24+hours+in+seconds http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%284%C2%B054%27%2F360%C... It would yield GMT +0h 19m 36s to the above location. I assume it was tied to a more precise point inside Amsterdam which would give you the 32.13 seconds.
- leavingfourth 11y ago
  At least windows recognizes you as a time zone. https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/canada/fort-st-john https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/canada/fort-st-john I have to communicate to my peers that we live in Arizona because Windows doesn't have anything.
- abandonliberty 11y ago
  I imagine timekeeping isn't a primary concern at the moment :(

NKCSS 11y ago

Try living in Nepal [0] ;) [0] http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/nepal/kathmandu http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/nepal/kathmandu

ceejayoz 11y ago
My favorite is Amsterdam Time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTC%2B00:20 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTC%2B00:20 > The exact timezone was GMT +0h 19m 32.13s until March 17, 1937... Yes, 32.13 seconds.
- rs232 11y ago
  Wow, TIL. Any idea why?
  - colefichter 11y ago
    Every town used to have their own local time based on the sun being at zenith at local noon. For example, a place like Oxford would be a few minutes behind London. With the advent of railways, it became necessary to standardize things a bit. You can imagine the difficulty if each town a train stopped in had its own timezone! There's an interesting podcast from BBC that covers this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/u6Qnc25jQ5OIO-X92mZz6Q http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/u6Qnc25jQ5OI...
  - wodenokoto 11y ago
    I'm just speculating, but maybe that is the actual time difference from Greenwich.
  - wobbleblob 11y ago
    Almost certainly solar time. We had software choke on a birth date once. For some reason these were sent in milliseconds, and that particular instance, midnight July 1st, 1937 didn't exist for this particular locale. At that time, the time was changed to a different meridian, and the clock was moved forward a few seconds. In the 1940s, the nazis set all of occupied Europe to Berlin time, and it stuck. Before that time, Europe had a large number of time zones.
- leni536 11y ago
  It seems arbitrary, but I think it was similarly defined as GMT considering their location (Wikipedia: 52°22′N 4°54′E): http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%284%C2%B054%27%2F360%C2%B0%29*24+hours+in+seconds http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%284%C2%B054%27%2F360%C... It would yield GMT +0h 19m 36s to the above location. I assume it was tied to a more precise point inside Amsterdam which would give you the 32.13 seconds.
leavingfourth 11y ago
At least windows recognizes you as a time zone. https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/canada/fort-st-john https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/canada/fort-st-john I have to communicate to my peers that we live in Arizona because Windows doesn't have anything.
abandonliberty 11y ago
I imagine timekeeping isn't a primary concern at the moment :(