[AusNOG] Q about time zones especially UTC

[Brad Evans]

It's AEDT (UTC +11)

-Brad


On 23/11/2012 2:53 PM, Christopher Pollock wrote:
> I usually see this referred to as AESST - Australian Eastern Standard 
> Summer Time.  At least, that's what the Foxtel guide used to say, back 
> when I used such traditional time-based methods for watching TV shows.
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> On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 1:39 PM, David Hughes <David at hughes.com.au 
> <mailto:David at hughes.com.au>> wrote:
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>     On 23/11/2012, at 2:03 PM, Brad Evans wrote:
>
>     > Isn't EST for North America and we more specifically use AEST?
>
>     Yup, sorry, AEST.
>
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>     > It's certainly confusing for the eastern states to use AEST
>     during winter but then only some switch during summer. Those that
>     operate by a different set of rules should perhaps use a different
>     time zone designation during the winter months, no?
>
>     That was the point of the other bloke in my "discussion".  The
>     problem is that AEST stipulates that you are GMT+10.  If you go to
>     GMT+11 at some random date in the year then you aren't at AEST
>     anymore (hence AEDST).  "Standard" doesn't imply that most people
>     are covered by that timezone.  It implies you are using "normal"
>     time (i.e. not a time that's artificially altered so you get
>     another hour down the beach of an evening :)
>
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>     David
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