Re: How to look up historical time zones by date and location

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luofeiyu <elearn2014@gmail.com> writes:

> http://www.thefreedictionary.com/time+zone
>
> time zone Any of the 24 divisions of the Earth's surface used to
> determine the local time for any given locality.

Thanks, it's good to know there are dictionaries out there with
incorrect definitions. That one is terrible and unhelpful.

> Urumqi  's localtime is beijin time ,it is decided  by law .
> Urumqi  's timezone is east 6 ,it is decided by geography.

Please use the standard definition of “time zone”, otherwise your
terminology is only got to confuse the conversation.

> There is only one localtime in all over the chian,beijin time,but
> there are 5  timezone time in china .

This just doesn't match the truth of standard time zones. You are free
to think differently, but you will need to find a non-standard time zone
database that agrees with you.

> you are totally wrong ,not me .

You're free to keep on with that belief, but I'll only be providing
information based on standard time zone definitions. If you choose to
deviate from that, you're on your own.

-- 
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Ben Finney

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Re: How to look up historical time zones by date and location Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-08-18 16:44 +1000

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