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Re: What Time Zone Is This Forum On?

Author: SecondTry  Date:   2023-11-18 00:54 Okay, you asked.... Jennifer, Tom H is in Nova Scotia, which is part of Canada and East of Maine: the latter being is in the US. Nova Scotia, on Atlantic Standard Time, is one hour ahead of Maine which is on Eastern Standard Time. Nothing changes during daylight savings time regarding the difference in time between the two places as each local observes these changes on 3/12 2:00 AM local time, and ends them on 11/5 at 1:00 AM local time. On March 12 the 2AM hour repeats, on 11/5 the 1AM hour fails to exist. You also asked if the server records two hours ahead of you. Best that I can see it does not. Rather it records 4 hours ahead of you, which I presume is (right now in the calendar year for you, also Greenwich Mean Time,) and seems to obey (GST) Gulf Standard Time--as in Dubai, or the United Arab Emirates time. I presume there might come in the year where, despite (or perhaps I should say because of) your proximity to Greenwich (and how short winter days are in the UK given its distance from the equator,) that you don't observe GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), as GMT is not subject to change with the seasons, and you are rather one hour ahead, where you will then be (get this) only 3 hours difference from GST, which like GMT does not change seasonally. If all this isn't enough to digest then know that GMT does change seasonally because it is a world standard that cannot deviate from the various rules for time change, if any, that countries abide by, including how much and when that time changes, while GFT time is likely to not change, for the same reason that Hawaii in the States doesn't observe daylight savings time, but different from why GMT remains static: the countries that abide by it (GST) are close enough to the equator, and don't enjoy much change in the length of their day seasonally, that they doesn't need to adjust their clocks with the seasons to maximize human productivity with the sun. Airline flights don't take longer or short on 3/12 or 11/5 and need to be internationally standardized: hence GMT. Interesting things happen when clocks change. On March 12 I'm to understand that some trains pause for about an hour. (I don't know what they do on 11/5.) Still more, people like emergency service workers, who fill out legal documents during the 3/12 early morning change have to make a note of, for example, 2:37 AM DST and 2:37 ST, (given repetition of the 2AM hour) which returns us full circle to why so many automated systems simply record in GMT, as it is not subject to change by anything other than the passage of time and not the passage of the seasons (if that makes any sense.) So, how's that new Brad Behn adjustable barrel? Post Edited (2023-11-18 00:56)

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