Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.110 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.79; '*S*': 0.01; 'definitions.': 0.07; 'agrees': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'subject:How': 0.10; 'confuse': 0.16; 'dictionaries': 0.16; 'finney': 0.16; 'incorrect': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'url:time': 0.16; 'thanks,': 0.17; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'own.': 0.24; 'this:': 0.26; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'idea': 0.28; "doesn't": 0.30; 'writes:': 0.31; 'subject:time': 0.33; 'totally': 0.33; 'definition': 0.35; 'test': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'science,': 0.36; 'east': 0.36; "i'll": 0.36; 'wrong': 0.37; 'ben': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'that,': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'free': 0.61; 'providing': 0.61; "you're": 0.61; 'you.': 0.62; 'information': 0.63; 'choose': 0.64; 'decided': 0.64; 'determine': 0.67; '8bit%:21': 0.69; 'sole': 0.78; 'truth': 0.81; 'belief,': 0.84; "earth's": 0.84; 'received:125': 0.84; 'subject:location': 0.84; 'surface': 0.84; 'terrible': 0.84; '\xe2\x80\x9cthe': 0.91; 'china': 0.97 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Ben Finney Subject: Re: How to look up historical time zones by date and location Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 16:44:30 +1000 References: <53F14971.3010209@gmail.com> <85mwb24h9o.fsf@benfinney.id.au> <53F1875F.4020109@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: jigong.madmonks.org X-Public-Key-ID: 0xAC128405 X-Public-Key-Fingerprint: 517C F14B B2F3 98B0 CB35 4855 B8B2 4C06 AC12 8405 X-Public-Key-URL: http://www.benfinney.id.au/contact/bfinney-pubkey.asc X-Post-From: Ben Finney User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:vg1GMmo8RDjpMacI+bJJwyezmek= X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 35 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1408344285 news.xs4all.nl 2881 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:42645 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:76458 luofeiyu 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. -- \ “The fundamental principle of science, the definition almost, | `\ is this: the sole test of the validity of any idea is | _o__) experiment.” —Richard P. Feynman | Ben Finney