Hi folks, I've been an observer ("lurker") of this mailing list for some years now. In my previous life, I used to use the information to provide free timezone patches for European customers of the operating system my previous company produced. My grateful and humble thanks to all of you who have contributed to the upkeep of this precious resource over the years! As a small token, here's something for your amusement that I saw in the New York Times newswire... I find it amazing that Cameron's Corner in Australia straddles three timezones. (But probably this isn't news to anyone on this mailing list!) Manavendra Thakur mthakur@alum.mit.edu December 29, 1999 'Auld Lang Syne' by 3 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SYDNEY, Australia, Dec. 28 -- Party, party, party! New Year's Eve celebrations at Cameron's Corner, a remote settlement in Australia's Outback, will be in triplicate, the local bar owner said today. The tiny village about 740 miles northwest of Sydney straddles three state boundaries, and three times zones. This means it will witness the end of the old and the start of the new millennium not once, not twice, but three times in the space of just one hour and one minute. Cameron's Corner's usual population -- four -- is expected to swell to around 1,000 on Dec. 31 as revelers head there for a millennium party with a difference. Copyright 1999 The New York Times Company
Manavendra Thakur said:
I find it amazing that Cameron's Corner in Australia straddles three timezones. (But probably this isn't news to anyone on this mailing list!)
It's news to me. I thought the zones formed three vertical stripes; I didn't realize they touched.
This means it will witness the end of the old and the start of the new millennium not once, not twice, but three times in the space of just one hour and one minute.
And I thought they were +0800, +0930, and +1000, so a total of two hours apart. -- Clive D.W. Feather | Work: <clive@demon.net> | Tel: +44 20 8371 1138 Internet Expert | Home: <clive@davros.org> | Fax: +44 20 8371 1037 Demon Internet | WWW: http://www.davros.org | Mobile: +44 7973 377646
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 11:22:35 +0000 From: "Clive D.W. Feather" <clive@demon.net> Message-ID: <19991230112235.F75119@demon.net> | It's news to me. I thought the zones formed three vertical stripes; I | didn't realize they touched. They do when the boundaries between states aren't vertical lines and whole states are in one timezone or another - and then when some states have DST and others do not. | And I thought they were +0800, +0930, and +1000, so a total of two hours | apart. The relevant oens (with DST at the minute) are +1000 (Qld) +1030 (SA) and +1100 (NSW). kre
Robert Elz said:
| It's news to me. I thought the zones formed three vertical stripes; I | didn't realize they touched. They do when the boundaries between states aren't vertical lines
I know that, but I though the three zones were WA, SA+NT, rest.
and whole states are in one timezone or another - and then when some states have DST and others do not.
DST. Ah. All is explained. DST. Sigh. -- Clive D.W. Feather | Work: <clive@demon.net> | Tel: +44 20 8371 1138 Internet Expert | Home: <clive@davros.org> | Fax: +44 20 8371 1037 Demon Internet | WWW: http://www.davros.org | Mobile: +44 7973 377646
] Manavendra Thakur said: ] > I find it amazing that Cameron's Corner in Australia straddles three ] > timezones. (But probably this isn't news to anyone on this mailing list!) ] ] It's news to me. I thought the zones formed three vertical stripes; I ] didn't realize they touched. There is also a mostly horizontal divide into states which have DST (in the South) and those that don't (in the North/West). Cameron Corner borders on New South Wales (+1100, Australia/Sydney), South Australia (+1030, Australia/Adelaide) and Queensland (+1000, Australia/Brisbane, which doesn't have DST). __________________________________________________________________________ David Keegel <djk@cyber.com.au> URL: http://www.cyber.com.au/users/djk/ Cybersource P/L: Unix Systems Administration and TCP/IP network management
At 00:05 +1100 1999-12-31, David Keegel wrote:
] Manavendra Thakur said: ] > I find it amazing that Cameron's Corner in Australia straddles three ] > timezones. (But probably this isn't news to anyone on this mailing list!) ] ] It's news to me. I thought the zones formed three vertical stripes; I ] didn't realize they touched.
There is also a mostly horizontal divide into states which have DST (in the South) and those that don't (in the North/West).
Cameron Corner borders on New South Wales (+1100, Australia/Sydney), South Australia (+1030, Australia/Adelaide) and Queensland (+1000, Australia/Brisbane, which doesn't have DST).
There are two other points in Australia where New Year's Eve can be celebrated three times in one night. I'm pretty sure they also both have names (someone's Corner) but I'm not sure of them. I haven't heard the slightest whisper about them in the media, even here in Australia (though lots about Cameron's corner), perhaps partly because not a soul lives near them. One is where South Australia (+10:30 in summer), Northern Territory (+09:30) and Queensland (+10:00) meet (Poeppel's Corner?), and the other is exactly 9 degrees west of it where the third is Western Australia (+08:00) instead of Queensland.
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