Talk:List of time zones

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Does anyone know how the :30 and :45 time zones affect the presence of a certain hour?

For instance, if it is noon GMT, will it be noon in Alaska nine hours later (9:00GMT) and then noon in French Polynesia a half-hour after that (9:30GMT)?

If so, it seems that a particular moment on a particular day will actually happen 39 times. Is this actually the case?

Thanks.

[edit] Featured list?

This is a pretty nice list. If we add some references, we should nominate it as a featured list. Chanheigeorge 23:20, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

When this list was split off from time zone, the principal written references were left behind, the CIA and NAO maps. Even so, they are usually badly outdated, taking as much as ten years to reflect changes made by any government. Thus, individuals in the affected countries are much more important than any written source. This is contrary to the references cited by most articles which must be published. — Joe Kress 05:30, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

This source looks pretty detailed: Time Genie. Chanheigeorge 22:57, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

At first glance, Time Genie appears to get its information from Wikipedia, which it cites for more information. It even lists its 'countries' with Wikipedia idiosyncracies, such as alternative names. Furthermore, Time Genie does not give any time zone info—it only gives the current time in the selected country, from which the reader has to mentally derive the time zone. — Joe Kress 05:30, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

how do you come to the conclusion that tg may get the info from wp? Tobias Conradi (Talk) 01:24, 23 May 2006 (UTC)