From: David Corbin <dcorbin@...>
Date: 2002-04-03T21:53:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Timezone name -> UTC hour offset?

Joakim Andersson wrote:

>On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 06:32:43AM +0900, Sean Chittenden wrote:
>
>>Thanks for the idea!  It ain't pretty, but this works pretty well for
>>converting timezones (ex: "-0800", "-0730", etc...).
>>
>
>What kind of timezone is -0730?
>
There are several timezones like that.  Usually, because an island or a 
nation sits right on top of two 15 degree meridian.  Makes it easier for 
the pople there to not have to deal with multiple timezones New 
Foundland, and Tehran, are examples of such.