Talk:Central Time zone
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[edit] Coverage of U.S. States
I thought that to describe that part of Texas in the Central Time Zone as "eastern" and that portion of Michigan as "western" would be accurate but misleading. So I have taken out the second division in the list of states at least partly covered by the Central Time Zone. They are now listed as entirely covered or portions covered. --Acjelen 21:59, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Indiana
The parts of Indiana in the Central Time Zone observe Daylight Savings Time. --Alexwcovington (talk) 21:51, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)
[edit] The "POV Map"
Granted, the map only includes the United States, but does that really disqualify its inclusion in this article? --Feitclub 20:27, Apr 23, 2005 (UTC)
- I never thought the map was ideal, but it was better than nothing. I would be in favour of a map that includes Canada as well, given the context of these time-zone articles are primarily English-speaking areas of North America, although to be entirely fair a map that extends through Central America would be proper. -Alexwcovington (talk) 07:44, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Broadcasting concerns
It sounds acceptable to me that programming is aired simultaneously in the Eastern and Central zones, but how do the Mountain and Pacific time zones address the problems? Do they use tape delays like they do in Australia? Scott Gall 13:17, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
- When I was visting Salt Lake City, they tape delayed prime time one hour to start at 7 MST. (I assume this applies in the rest of the MST, possibly excepting Arizona.) I lived in CA for several years growing up. For the Pacific Timezone, programs are tape delayed three hours so that prime time starts at 8 PST. Jon 18:55, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
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- When the rest of the country is observing Daylight Saving Time, are broadcast schedules in Arizona tape-delayed 2 hours (as they are on MST all year round) or 3 hours (as they are synchronized with PDT?) Scott Gall 03:06, 25 July 2006 (UTC) PS: And before Indiana observed DST, were programs tape-delayed during the summer period (as they used EST during the winter) or not (as CDT was used during the summer?) And what do Alaska and Hawaii do about the timezone problem?
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- I'd sugest checking the Arizona, Alaska, Hawaii pages and if you don't find anything there post in decussion; they'd be more knowledgeable there. As to Indiana, the last one or two years before that change it was a big mess. Some stations treated Indiana during the summer as being on CDT (and thus no tape delay) while others tape delayed everything an hour in the summer so that primetime would start at 8 PM all year round. (Special events such as live sporting excluded). Like everything else related to time in Indiana this was highly controversal, early risers tended to prefered no tape delay and late risers tended to prefer the tape delay. Also, since the change, sporting events broadcasted on national TV from the Indianapolis area during the summer start an hour later locally to keep the event at the same time for the rest of the country. 168.166.196.40 15:15, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Further broadcasting concerns
Everyone assumes it was because of structural issues that eastern and central were broadcast simultaneously. Do we have a more specific reason? Do we have a source? [unknown user]
- It's probably true, but a better explanation is necessary. [unknown user]
- Yes; there's quite a few US TV & Radio markets split between Eastern & Central Timezones. Most significantly, Tallahassee, FL, Chatt. TN, Lexington, KY, and Louisville, KY are all just east of the Central-East timezone divide and have first ring suburbs in the Central timezone. Jon 19:01, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Mountain time zone
The article states that all of Texas is in the central time zone which is not the case. My hometown El Paso is in the Mountain time zone [1] also looked up Kentucky [2] which is .--Dakota 02:40, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] uncited lines removed
"Phenix City, Alabama, and the surrounding countryside, while officially in Central Time, observe Eastern Time because of close ties to Columbus, Georgia. The town of Kenton, Oklahoma, although residing in the Central Time Zone, observes Mountain Time." In addition to a lack of citiation; this would appear (if local govt agencyies actually sets the clock those ways; private citizens can set their clocks however they wish) to be in violation of the federal law regarding the setting of time zones. Jon 22:36, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
