Re: Re: Riddle

From: Eric (erich@dhc.net)
Date: Tue Dec 15 1998 - 22:44:56 EST


>> >1500 mi
>> >---------- = 21 hrs
>> >71.428 mph
>> >
>> >7 A.M. Friday + 21 hours = 4 A.M. Saturday
>>
>> 2 of 3 ain't bad.. It's actually 7 AM (Central time) :O
>>
>> Everything else was right on....
>
>I guess that's why we have GMT (aka Zulu time). Let's see... according to
>the Windoze time zone control, Pacific is GMT-8. If you depart at 15:00
>Friday GMT, travel for 21 hours, that puts you there at 12:00 GMT on
>Saturday. Central is GMT-6, which would be 6:00 A.M.
>
>Unless, of course, it happened to be when daylight savings time switched
>over.

Isn't daylight saving on Sundays?????

Swede



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