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SubjectRe: LSE conference call
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...

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Scott Robert Ladd
Coyote Gulch Productions (http://www.coyotegulch.com)

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