Did anyone get a response from anyone in Sri Lanka concerning the daylight- time situation? I've been subscribing to soc.culture.sri-lanka and haven't seen anything there other than Paul's posting, as the ng seems to be mostly about Sinhalese and Tamils living outside Sri Lanka cheering on their respective home teams and accusing each other of war crimes. Also, I wonder if Arthur C. Clarke, who lives in Sri Lanka and has made comments on time zoning, has had anything to say about it. The future of time zoning is of interest to me, especially since I live in California, and Clarke in the novel IMPERIAL EARTH (1976) projected that in 2276 we would have only four time zones. Although not explicitly stated, I believe that the times he used were GMT-5 for both American continents, GMT+1 for Europe and Africa, GMT+7 for Asia, and either GMT+13 or -11 for Australia/NZ/Pacific Ocean. Chris Carrier