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Originally Posted by quilter on the eastern edge

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Originally Posted by QuiltnNan

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Originally Posted by quilter on the eastern edge

I just posted on another thread and, according to that post, the time used here is Pacific time. My post was at 10:23 a.m. which is 4.5 hours behind our time here which makes it Pacific time. As I type this it is now 2:55 p.m. Newfoundland Standard Time.

This message was posted at 10:29 a.m. and it is now 2:59 p.m. where I am.

I wonder how your time zone got to be 1/2 hour off from all of the other time zones?

The Newfoundland Standard Time zone exists because of the location of the island in the North Atlantic and the fact that Newfoundland was a separate country when the time zones were established way back when. We are 3.5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time. So we are 1 1/2 hours ahead of Eastern Standard time. Everything is a half hour later here. So, for example, CBC TV will advertize a show at 8 p.m., 8:30 in Newfoundland.

Thanks for the explanation. I didn't know y'all had been a separate country from Canada. Love learning new things.

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Originally Posted by QuiltnNan

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Originally Posted by quilter on the eastern edge

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Originally Posted by QuiltnNan

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Originally Posted by quilter on the eastern edge

I wonder how your time zone got to be 1/2 hour off from all of the other time zones?

Thanks for the explanation. I didn't know y'all had been a separate country from Canada. Love learning new things.

Newfoundland became Canada's 10th province in 1949. I was born a British subject in 1948 -- all Newfoundlanders became naturalized Canadian citizens on March 31, 1949.

we were born the same year :) :)

Mine is set for EST although I'm in central.

If it is after noon, just take 2 away from the right hand digit and ignore the number one on the left hand side, and that's the time. Easy peasy.

Where I get confused:

When/if it gets to be 24:00 hours,

when does it become 0:00 hours?

Or does it start at 0:something hours?

I know that 11:59 PM = 23:59 on 24 hour clock.

Is military time changed for each time zone or not?

Ex: When it's 22:00 EST, it would be 18:00 PST.
But Greenwich time would be 2:00 the next day.

I finally figured out that midnight starts this -yes another DUH moment -but now that I'm retired I don't seem to pay too much attention to time unless I have a Dr appt-- and that Hancocks /JoAnn close after dark so I know to go while its light outside all other stores are 24-7 very simple to figure the time

I have family in different places around the world so time conversion becomes second nature. However; the Mideast does get mixed-up sometimes.

I grew up in Europe so I am used to it.

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Originally Posted by roseOfsharon

I don't know if it is just me, but on the quilting board the time is military. Is there a way that I can change it to EST time? It is just my mind takes a bit of working! to figure the time of day when I am here. Does anyone else have this issue?

Thanks for any replies.

Sharon :)

Subtract 12 if it's greater than 12 and you'll get the exact time. As a military wife, I've gotten very used to it. And, I also remember a "Home Improvement" episode with Tim Taylor's wife, Jill, explaining it that way. Her father was a military man and she was trying to help Tim figure out military time.