Robert Elz said:
| It's the largest town in Kernow. As I assume you expected, that doesn't help a lot (that is, not at all)!
It's my point. Kernow is the Cornish name for Cornwall, another part of the UK that has an independence movement.
| So if I can get a group the rest of my street to agree that I have set the | time they use (even if it follows the same rules as the rest of the UK), | then I can have my own time zone?
Sorry, bad editing. That should have just said "So if I can get the rest of my street to agree ...".
If your group has the authority to do that, then yes.
But define "authority". My authority starts and ends when people accept what I say.
That's why my version of the guidelines (which would still need more precision) specify having the authority, or having actually set a timezone.
Chicken and egg. If I set a timezone, just as how you suggested, then do I get my own zone name?
That's why I gave different results for Glasgow and Cardiff - my assumption (which might be wrong, certainly) is that the Scottish parliament has the power to set time, I'm not even sure Wales has an equivalent body, and if it has, my guess is that it is able to do much less (Wales has been subservient to England for far longer than Scotland has, I believe).
Wales has an Assembly which has less powers than Scotland. Neither, I think, has time zones in its official remit.
| What stops any state in the US legislating that their time is the same as | the time set by Congress and then claiming a new zone? Or any county (for | those states that have them)?
I don't know enough about the US political situation to judge. But 45 new zones (or whatever it ends up being) most of which would be identical to one of the existing 5 or 6 (however many there are) would not be all that bad.
What about counties? There are apparently 3006 counties and 137 county equivalents. How do you fancy 3143 new zones?
In Australia time is ruled by the states (and territories) and people expect each to be its own timezone.
Is Eucla a state or a territory? What authority did it have?
In Thailand, the thought that anyone can define the time is probably not something people consider, but certainly only the national govt would have that ability, not the Changwat (states) or smaller divisions.
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