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Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 11:33:22 -0400
From: Scott Robert Ladd <coyote@coyotegulch.com>
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John Bradford wrote:
> Ah, but assuming that you had a compass to calculate the local time
> offset, (ignoring DST), anyway, you could have used that to calculate
> the _local_ time without looking at your watch at all ;-).  However,
> you wouldn't be able to calculate the timezone you were in.

Ah, but if you had a GPS system available, and a database of time zone 
boundaries, you could adjust on-the-fly for different jurisdictions. 
I've dones somethign of the sort recently for a client; the main problem 
lies in the accuracy (and size) of the database. Indiana, for example, 
presents unique challenges, with its patchwork implementation of DST...

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Scott Robert Ladd
Coyote Gulch Productions (http://www.coyotegulch.com)

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