Myanmar, it turns out, is one of those countries that is HALF AN HOUR behind on the clock
Like some of those madly weird states in America where you have to set your watch back 30 minutes but if you drive fast enough you go forward in time or something
Why do some places do this? Feel deliberately perverse
It's the sort of pathetic triangulation that will soon be a thing of the past once the strongmen take over.
Myanmar, it turns out, is one of those countries that is HALF AN HOUR behind on the clock
Like some of those madly weird states in America where you have to set your watch back 30 minutes but if you drive fast enough you go forward in time or something
Why do some places do this? Feel deliberately perverse
Errr
I don't believe anywhere in the US is offset by 30 minutes.
Myanmar, it turns out, is one of those countries that is HALF AN HOUR behind on the clock
Like some of those madly weird states in America where you have to set your watch back 30 minutes but if you drive fast enough you go forward in time or something
Why do some places do this? Feel deliberately perverse
Errr
I don't believe anywhere in the US is offset by 30 minutes.
Some of Australia is, I think. Is it Adelaide?
Newfoundland is offset by 30 minutes, 3.5 hours behind GMT.
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While the reactors that require this stuff are many years (if ever) away from production, it could be useful for things like SMRs too.
Myanmar, it turns out, is one of those countries that is HALF AN HOUR behind on the clock
Like some of those madly weird states in America where you have to set your watch back 30 minutes but if you drive fast enough you go forward in time or something
Why do some places do this? Feel deliberately perverse
Myanmar, it turns out, is one of those countries that is HALF AN HOUR behind on the clock
Like some of those madly weird states in America where you have to set your watch back 30 minutes but if you drive fast enough you go forward in time or something
Why do some places do this? Feel deliberately perverse
Nepal is the fun one, at 5 hours 45 mins ahead of GMT, meaning it's offset by 15 minutes against its neighbour India.
Myanmar, it turns out, is one of those countries that is HALF AN HOUR behind on the clock
Like some of those madly weird states in America where you have to set your watch back 30 minutes but if you drive fast enough you go forward in time or something
Why do some places do this? Feel deliberately perverse
The urban myth about India being five and a half hours ahead of GMT is that it was an imperial convenience, whereby people in, say, New Delhi or Kings Lynn could turn their pocket watch upside down and know the time in the other - although this does require you to remember which way you need to shift the hour hand, as it'll be half an hour out from where it should be.
Myanmar, it turns out, is one of those countries that is HALF AN HOUR behind on the clock
Like some of those madly weird states in America where you have to set your watch back 30 minutes but if you drive fast enough you go forward in time or something
Why do some places do this? Feel deliberately perverse
The urban myth about India being five and a half hours ahead of GMT is that it was an imperial convenience, whereby people in, say, New Delhi or Kings Lynn could turn their pocket watch upside down and know the time in the other - although this does require you to remember which way you need to shift the hour hand, as it'll be half an hour out from where it should be.
No, it's because the "average" longitude is 82.5 degrees east, so not quite 90 degrees (6 hours ahead).
More here:
India had multiple time zones in the past. In 1802, British astronomer John Goldingham at the East India Company established the time in Chennai as GMT+5:30.
In 1884 two time zones were used in India: Calcutta Time (UTC+5:53:28) and Bombay Time (UTC+4:51:20)—just over an hour apart. Eventually, in 1905, the meridian near Mirzapur (82°33’E) was picked as the standard time for the whole country. This time zone was declared India Standard Time (IST) in 1947, though Calcutta Time was used until 1948 and Bombay Time until 1955.
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"Billionaire partly comes from a long line of Brits, the Mail can reveal."
A bit of a change from yesterday, when it said he was "plotting" to "interfere".
I expect Paul Dacre's had a word with Rothermere, as he's still editor-in-chief of all the titles, rather than the
Mail.
That is part of US according to Trump?
Instow (North Devon) Council By-Election Result:
LDM: 38.1% (New)
CON: 32.1% (+1.8)
RFM: 17.0% (New)
IND: 9.5% (New)
GRN: 3.3% (-11.1)
No INDs (-26.2, -15.9, -4.0) or LAB (-9.2) as before
Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative.
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More here:
India had multiple time zones in the past. In 1802, British astronomer John Goldingham at the East India Company established the time in Chennai as GMT+5:30.
In 1884 two time zones were used in India: Calcutta Time (UTC+5:53:28) and Bombay Time (UTC+4:51:20)—just over an hour apart. Eventually, in 1905, the meridian near Mirzapur (82°33’E) was picked as the standard time for the whole country. This time zone was declared India Standard Time (IST) in 1947, though Calcutta Time was used until 1948 and Bombay Time until 1955.
https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zone/india