On Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:54:05 +0100, Christian PERRIER writes: >I currently propose to offer the following choices in D-I: > > Victoria, ACT, NSW, Tasmania (Eastern Time, DST) > Queensland (Eastern Time, no DST) > South Australia (Central Time, DST) > Northern Territory (Central Time, no DST) > Western Australia (Western Time) > Central Western Standard Time (Eucla) > Lord Howe Island > >Do you guys think this would be understandable to the average >Australian? that'll work fine. >An alternative was: > Eastern Time with DST > Eastern Time without DST > Central Time with DST > Central Time without DST > Western Time > Central Western Standard Time > Lord Howe Island not so great, because these are very uncommon. for example, you never hear "eastern time" being used on the radio; here (qld/nsw border) they say "it's hh:mm, that's hh+1:mm in nsw" when we're in that fun period of the year where there are two time zones within the reception area. regards az -- + Alexander Zangerl + DSA 42BD645D + (RSA 5B586291) Anyway the :// part is an 'emoticon' representing a man with a strip of sticky tape across his mouth. -- R. Douglas
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