I should add that I also just changed the page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_Tortugas to show Dry Tortugas as Eastern, rather than Central Time. Aaron On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Aaron Brown <asb110273@gmail.com> wrote:
I just went to Dry Tortugas National Park last weekend, about 70 miles west of Key West. Before going, I had noticed that wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone#North_America) mentioned that there was some debate about if the Dry Tortugas were in the Central or the Eastern time zone. While there, I went into the bookstore and asked if there was any truth to them being on Central Time. They looked at me as if this was the first they ever heard about this. In fact, it doesn't make any sense that they would be on anything other than Eastern Time as 99% of those visiting there are arriving via Key West, which is on Eastern Time. So, I went and modified the wikipedia page to remove the apparent misinformation about Dry Tortugas possibly being on Central Time. I then did a google search and came up with a couple of pages (http://keywestseaplanecharters.com/Tips-Secrets/default.asp, http://www.mendosa.com/fitnessblog/?p=6947) claiming that they are officially on Central Time, but that Eastern Time is used there. Is there any truth to Dry Tortugas being officially on Central Time? Did they used to be on Central Time in the past?
Aaron