From: Scott R. L. <co...@co...> - 2003-05-02 15:34:40
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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... -- Scott Robert Ladd Coyote Gulch Productions (http://www.coyotegulch.com) |