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Lat/long -> time zone
by apritchard＠cix.co.uk June 1, 2000

June 1, 2000

Dear Muhammed Safeer As far as I am able to determine, there is no general formula to determine time zone from lat/long. We are able to use certain rules in the Global Gazetteer, and keep time zone information in a variety of ways. In the end, though it is necessary to code places by hand. The hierarchy that I use goes as follows: 1. The whole of a country keeps to the same time zone, e.g. UK 2. The country is split into different time zones, but it is possible to assign time zone via administrative level 1 (e.g. Spain). 3. Some administrative level 1s are split themselves into different time zones, but lower level administrative areas fall into the different time zones (e.g. US counties) 4. Finally, there are some areas where there appears to be no obvious way in which admin. areas can be used to determine time zones, although this may be due to my lack of knowledge and/or data. E.g. the Broken Hill area in Australia. It is at this level that I code these by hand and assign the correct zone. HTH Best wishes Alan Pritchard The GLOBAL GAZETTEER: the world on file http://www.allm-geodata.com Tel: +44 (0) 1202 417 477 > Muhammad is not on the time zone mailing list; be sure to direct any > replies > appropriately. > > --ado > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Muhammad Safeer [SMTP:msafeer@khi.compol.com] > > Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 7:47 AM > > To: tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov > > Subject: Longitute/Latitute to TIME zone > > > > Is there any formula to convert Longitute/Heading to time zone. > > > > Regards. > > > > Muhammad Safeer. >

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Longitute/Latitute to TIME zone
by Muhammad Safeer June 1, 2000

June 1, 2000

Is there any formula to convert Longitute/Heading to time zone. Regards. Muhammad Safeer.

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timezone database
by Max Hodges May 30, 2000

May 30, 2000

I'm trying to download the timezone databaes from ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/ from I'm getting timeout errors. Has this address changed or is the server down, or am I having some other problem? Thanks! Max Hodges Houston, Texas

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Passage on 1916 Summer Time Bill
by Joseph S. Myers May 18, 2000

May 18, 2000

Today's The Times reprints an item from 1916 on the Summer Time Bill, 1916. http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/tim/2000/05/18/x-timcrtcrt01011.html -- Joseph S. Myers jsm28(a)cam.ac.uk

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Time Zone App Beta
by Andre-Tascha Lamme May 17, 2000

May 17, 2000

Hey all... A few days away from completing a Windows (32bit) app and accompanying ActiveX control for time zone stuff Need some testers to trash it for me. Please send me an email (andre-tascha.lamme(a)ironriver.com) if interested. (Let me know if you want the control or the app) Basic specs on the app/ActiveX: - Have approximately 28,000 locations (cities, etc.) - Each location is based on a Region (e.g. Asia), Country (ISO3166-1) and a Country's regional info (ISO3166-2) if applicable. Each location has GMTOffset and standard DST info (if observes, the dates and amounts of offset). - In the app, one can browse or search through locations and add them to actives (i.e. for display). - Can add new locations (still debating whether or not I want to deal with allowing folks to send me their additions). - Can add people identifiers and assign them to existing locations. (Allows you to see what time it is where "Aunt Mathilda" is, rather than just generic "Providence, Rhode Island"). - Can set alarms/reminders to go off as of the specified time for a target location (i.e. Aunt Mathilda wants you to call her at 15:00 her time) - Any other suggestions? thanks... Andre'-Tascha

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FW: Time Zone Codes
by Olson, Arthur David (NCI) May 17, 2000

May 17, 2000

Denis Spencer is not on the time zone mailing list; direct replies appropriately. --ado > -----Original Message----- > From: Spencer, Denis [OCDFR] [SMTP:dspencer@ocdfr.jnj.com] > Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 5:07 AM > To: tz(a)elsie.nci.nih.gov > Subject: Time Zone Codes > > Are there any standards (like ISAO country codes) for time zones? > eg we use GMT = Greenwich Mean Time > CTE = Central European Time > EST = Eastern Standard Time > But we need others.

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Time Zone Codes
by Spencer, Denis [OCDFR] May 17, 2000

May 17, 2000

Are there any standards (like ISAO country codes) for time zones? eg we use GMT = Greenwich Mean Time CTE = Central European Time EST = Eastern Standard Time But we need others.

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by ralphc＠worldskyline.com May 6, 2000

May 6, 2000

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Electronic Shanks
by Olson, Arthur David (NCI) April 28, 2000

April 28, 2000

The Shanks references are now evidently available in electronic form; see http://www.astrocom.com/software/ACS_PC_Atlas.htm If anyone on the list has experience with the packages, folks on the time zone list might appreciate insights. --ado

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(no subject)
by Darryl Lane April 26, 2000

April 26, 2000

Hello there! My sister asked me to do a search for her and in an around about way it led me to your site. She is looking for a software program (or chart) that will allow her to know the 'actual time' of a person's birth as compared to if they were in a time zone that implemented war time or daylight savings time or some other such localized time difference in effect at the time of there birth.. She will use this to actualize any persons place/time of birth for her 'astrology' hobby. Can you help? Darryl Lane

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