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Old Mon Oct 01, 2007, 07:01pm
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Originally Posted by Snaqwells
Isn't there a time zone in Canada that's a half hour ahead of Eastern Time?

Edited: Found it, it's Newfoundland, and it's an hour and a half ahead of US Eastern Time.
Argh! This is what is frustrating to non-Americans. The ISO format for timezones specifies that the TZ is Eastern. It is not called "US Eastern Time."

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Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle
Hmmm, I believe WE invented time zones. But perhaps we did it so we could assign ourselves something other than GMT.
Actually, a US citizen proposed time zones for the US only. A Canadian proposed the system on a worldwide basis.
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