Wirt challenges


Steve writes:

> All file timestamps, etc. are stored in GMT, but displayed to
>  you in your own timezone, so it is easy to keep things straight when
>  users are not all in the same timezone.  Plus, historical timestamps
>  will always be displayed to you correctly, even if countries change the
>  way in which they switch to/from savings time.  And, this all happens
>  automatically.

All right, ladies and gentlemen, for your trivia question of the morning, in
what two countries that abut one another would you experience a four hour,
thirty minute time shift when you cross either of their borders, going from
one country to the other?

And for a bonus question, how in the heck could such a thing be possible?
(Hint: UNIX had nothing to do with this bit of screwiness).
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Well my best guess is the tiny sliver of land where Afghanistan (UTC +4:30)
touches China (UTC +8).  China has a policy of having the entire country in
one time zone.  This assumes China goes on daylight savings, while
Afghanistan does not.

Mike Berkowitz
Guess? Inc.

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