[X4U] weird time zone issue

[Robert Ashton]

I don't know about Adelaide but St John's in Newfoundland is on the  
1/2 hr when we are on the hour.  Bob
On 6-Oct-08, at 11:13 AM, Michael Elliott wrote:

>
> This may not be a MacOS X issue, but more of a general timezone  
> question.
>
> I have the Clock Dashboard widget running with both Adelaide,  
> Australia, and Amsterdam, Netherlands running with their own clocks.
>
> I always thought that time zones were separated by 1 hour  
> increments...but here are the times that I get currently:
>
>
> Local time:  1:12
> Adelaid:       4:42
> Amsterdam: 8:12
>
>
> OK...Amsterdam makes sense to me.  But 1/2 hour increment for  
> Adelaide?
>
> Perhaps this is the way it's supposed to be....?
>
> Thanks
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