[tz] Theory - proposal to delete the reference to population

Tobias Conradi tobias.conradi at gmail.com
Sat May 19 00:16:14 UTC 2012


On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 1:24 AM, Kevin Kenny <kkenny2 at nycap.rr.com> wrote:
> On 05/18/2012 06:34 PM, Tobias Conradi wrote:
>>
>> "If two ships enter territorial waters of HM would the
>> Olson-Eggert-IANA time zone database give them advice for how to set
>> their clocks?"
>
> Set them exactly as if the islands were not there.
But it is reported that they do exist.

> Which is the correct answer: the rule that the Australian government imposes
> gives an identical result.
It doesn't. It only may agree in offset from UTC and also that only as
long as the Australian offset rule for HM doesn't change.




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