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From emv@msen.com Mon Feb 1 19:05:20 1993 Path: nih-csl!darwin.sura.net!newsserver.jvnc.net!yale.edu!nigel.msen.com!emv From: emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.time.ntp Subject: [brazil-time] rio de janeiro asks 'what time is it ?' Message-ID: <1kkdseINNn87@nigel.msen.com> Date: 2 Feb 93 00:05:20 GMT Distribution: inet Organization: Msen, Inc. -- Ann Arbor, Michigan Lines: 50 NNTP-Posting-Host: garnet.msen.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]

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[ Article crossposted from msen.reuters.international ] [ Posted on 1 Feb 1993 13:50:34 -0500 ]

AM-BRAZIL-TIME RIO DE JANEIRO ASKS 'WHAT TIME IS IT ?'

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Reuter - Residents of Rio de Janeiro woke up Monday wondering what time it is. The confusing clock situation arose when Rio Mayor Cesar Maia defied a Brazilian government regulation to end summer's daylight savings time Sunday and turn the clocks back an hour. But Maia, saying Rio's tourism industry needs the extra hour of daylight that daylight savings time provides, said the city government and everyone and everything associated with it would stick with the summertime time schedule until Feb. 28. ``I am not going to turn my clock back, nor will the clocks controlled by the city be turned back,'' Maia was quoted as saying in the Jornal do Brasil newspaper Sunday. Rio's banks, most businesses, airports, bus stations and the stock market are abiding by the federal government's time. Maia said Rio de Janeiro's tourism industry would be hurt by moving the clocks back in the middle of the Southern Hemisphere's summer. ``The mayor said the jobs of 30,000 people depend on this extra hour of sunlight, when residents and tourists stay on the streets and beaches spending money and having fun,'' the spokesman said. Maia's decree, which does not apply to the city's suburbs, has left most residents wondering whether they should begin wearing two watches. A spokeswoman for the business owners association said Rio stores and shopping centers were using standard time on Monday, but it was still not clear what they would do on Tuesday. ``The official schedule in Rio is the national standard time. The decree does not impose the summer schedule, but rather suggests that businesses, services and industry operate on summer's time,'' said the mayor's spokesman, adding that Rio's public clocks will be reset to national standard time. Maia was to meet President Itamar Franco later Monday to discuss the time situation, among other things. At least for the meeting, the mayor will have to think standard time. The meeting is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. federal government time, the spokesman said. REUTER

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