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				Got the time??
				Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 6:23 pm
				by dellstart
				well,  i guess  if  you were confused by  time zones , date lines and such , here's something that might make  it a bit more  complicated.
http://www.smh.com.au/world/islams-holi ... 11zsa.html.
whilst  i have no problems  , with its use  in religious  ceremonies , its going to  make for  an interesting  distraction , if its used  for secular  uses. such as  flights , business  etc.
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Got the time??
				Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 5:17 pm
				by Isengrim
				eh, it looks like they would like everyone to mark time zones based on AST instead of GMT.  Since AST +0 is GMT +3 it strikes me as a trivial technical change.
			 
			
					
				Re: Got the time??
				Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 6:53 pm
				by Greymist
				So do we now mark "GMT" (or whatever people want to call it), by whoever has the biggest clock? Sounds like a bit of a pissing competition
			 
			
					
				Re: Got the time??
				Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 1:48 am
				by GBLW
				Isengrim wrote:eh, it looks like they would like everyone to mark time zones based on AST instead of GMT.  Since AST +0 is GMT +3 it strikes me as a trivial technical change.
Oh come on GMT has been around for a lot longer, so GMT is 0, while the newcomer, meaning AST is -3 (but is only applicable under duress & while in Muslim countries?) 
  
  
  
 (I can't make up my mind whether to take the whole thing as a joke or what!)
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Got the time??
				Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 10:00 pm
				by andy_t_roo
				Well, irrespective of what time it is you will always need to work out what the difference between 2 places is,  and i've found that various websites like 
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/m ... p2=47&iv=0 can be quite good