[PLUG] Regular time

[Fred James]

Eric Wilhelm wrote:
> # from Russell Johnson
> # on Wednesday 28 October 2009 12:55:
>
>   
>>>  i really dislike the city centric method for
>>> choosing timezones.  why is los angeles the choice for us/pacific?  
>>> why not portland, or seattle, or maybe it should be antelope :-).
>>>       
>> Oh, possibly because it's the largest city in the UNITED STATES on the
>>   west coast. Most people from the west coast know that LA is in the
>> same time zone. (Sarcasm... )
>>     
>
> Forget for a second that it is ridiculous for an internet-connected 
> computer to ask a human for the time of day... Why is choosing "a city 
> from the same time zone as you" supposed to be easier than typing the 
> name of your timezone?  Now you have to know the politics of not just 
> your own city, but also of some arbitrary large city north or south of 
> you.  Somebody in LA should get the city's government buildings to 
> switch to EST on Tuesdays just to keep things interesting.
>
>   http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=what+time+is+it%3F
>
> --Eric
>   
Actually, the city may not be to off the wall - there are still places 
within the USA that do not observe Daylight Saving Time ... www.time.gov 
is your friend for all sorts of information ... but that would be 
Hawaii, Arizona (in Arizona only the Navajo reservations observe DST) 
and part of Indiana, as well as many Pacific islands and Puerto Rico - 
Sigh, I wish I didn't have to.
Regards
Fred James