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AEST is used in Queensland Australia, Papua New Guinea, Guam, and Vladivostok-Russia (near China) Brisbane (Sunrise 5:39AMSunset 5:43PM
) Note, Queensland is a large state: Townsville (Sunrise 6:04AMSunset 6:08PM
) Mount Isa (Sunrise 6:33AMSunset 6:37PM
) Vanuatu is 1 hr ahead. New Zealand and Fiji are 2 hrs ahead. Tonga and Samoa are 3 hrs ahead. American Samoa is 3 hrs ahead but on the previous day due to the International Date Line. Sydney (Sunrise 5:47), Melbourne (Sunrise 6:12), Hobart (Sunrise 6:03) Adelaide (Sunrise 6:07 B6:37), BrokenHill (Sunrise 5:56 B6:26) ½ hr behind Darwin (Sunrise 6:37 B7:07) also ½ hr behind Tokyo, Seoul 1 hr behind North Korea 1½ hrs behind Perth (Sunrise 6:08 B8:08) 2 hrs behind - except for Eucla in WA (Sunrise 6:01 B7:16) 1¼ hrs behind. China (including Tibet), Philippines, Malaysia also 2 hrs behind Beijing, capital of China in the far north (Sunrise 6:00AM B8:00AMSunset 6:14PM B8:14PM
) Java, Sumatra, Thailand, Vietnam, Novosibirsk-Russia (chief city in Siberia) 3 hrs behind Myanmar 3½ hrs behind Bangladesh, Kazakhstan-East 4 hrs behind Nepal 4¼ hrs behind India 4½ hrs behind Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan-Central 5 hrs behind Afghanistan 5½ hrs behind Iran 6½ hrs behind Turkey, Moscow, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania 7 hrs behind Athens, Israel, Syria, Jordan also 7 hrs behind (Daylight Saving) Egypt, Libya, Congo Dem Rep, South Africa 8 hrs behind Europe except UK & Portugal also 8 hrs behind (Daylight Saving) Algeria, Nigeria. Morocco 9 hrs behind England, Portugal also 9 hrs behind (Daylight Saving) South West Africa (Ghana, Mali, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Mauritania) and Iceland 10 hrs behind.Central and Southern Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina 11 hrs ahead (previous day) also Chile 11 hrs ahead (previous day) (Daylight Saving) Western Brazil, Bolivia, Venezuela, Paraguay 10 hrs ahead (previous day) also New York, Toronto, Montreal, Cuba, Haiti 10 hrs ahead (previous day) (Daylight Saving) Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Cancún in Mexico 9 hrs ahead (previous day) also Texas, Mexico City 9 hrs ahead (previous day) (Daylight Saving) San Salvador, Guatemala 8 hrs ahead (previous day) also Northern Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Alberta 8 hrs ahead (previous day) (Daylight Saving) Baja California in Mexico, Los Angeles, Seattle, Yukon 7 hrs ahead (previous day) (Daylight Saving) Alaska 6 hrs ahead (previous day) (Daylight Saving) Hawaii 4 hrs ahead (previous day)
10 hours behind Brisbane is also known as GMT (Greenwich Mean Time time zone) since the 1850s and 1860s (before Daylight Saving emerged) when the Greenwich Royal Observatory in London was chosen by the USA (in particular) as the centre for world time. This line at the Observatory bisects East and West, being 0 degrees longitude. One of the issues prompting this declaration was The Philippines. Their new Spanish Governor in 1844 had decided to skip a day and Monday December 30 1844 was followed by Wednesday January 1 1845.
On 1 November 1884, GMT was adopted universally at the International Meridian Conference in Washington, DC. As a result, the International Date Line was drawn up and 24 time zones were created.
In 1972, the International Telecommunications Union based in Geneva Switzerland established UTC (Co-ordinated Universal Time) as their official time standard, a standard which is in fact identical with GMT.
On Tuesday March 21, 2017 1:56 PM, "Stephen Williamson" wrote:
Subject: March Equinox now past, almost time to fix up our clocks :-)
Hi all
Yep, nearly that time of year when we realign with Sydney time. This Sunday week.
Great little link below, you can change month and year, by manually altering the hyperlink. Or clicking on their date option (just below their heading). You can also change countries. Boy, I could have used one of these at school when I was in that geography/physics class trying to figure out all those "bits and bobs and what ifs".
March 20 last night. Our Equinox (sun was directly over Equator at 8:29pm) Brisbane Sunrise 5:51AMSunset 5:59PM
March 25 will be our most equal day due to a light lingering "quirkiness" thing. Technical term : "refraction" Brisbane Sunrise 5:53AMSunset 5:53PM
11hrs 59 minutes 43 seconds almost, not quite, 12 hours. December 21 was our Longest day, ie sun was furthest to the south over Tropic of Capricorn Brisbane Sunrise 4:49AMSunset 6:42PM
13hrs 52 minutes 54 seconds June 21 (Shortest day, sun furthest to the north over Tropic of Cancer) Brisbane Sunrise 6:37AMSunset 5:01PM
10hrs 24 minutes 13 seconds
March 20 yesterday afternoon. Their Equinox (sun was directly over Equator at 12:29pm) Jerusalem Sunrise 5:41AMSunset 5:51PM
March 16 was their most equal day due to their latitude and curvature. Jerusalem Sunrise 5:48AMSunset 5:47PM
11hrs 59 minutes 47 seconds June 21 (Their Longest day - they use Daylight saving, starts 2am this Friday) Jerusalem Sunrise 5:34AMSunset 7:47PM
14hrs 13 minutes 33 seconds December 21 (Shortest day) Jerusalem Sunrise 6:35AMSunset 4:39PM
10hrs 4 minutes 28 seconds Blessings Steve
Daylight Saving by Country Wiki article
Some History
In ancient times, by using sundials there were always 12 hours in the day, though its length varied with the seasons. Romans were fond of the water clock, a mechanised way of knowing the time, day and night. After mechanical clocks developed about 1000 AD, the length of the hour gradually became fixed. People varied their opening hours between seasons, as it suited them.
In 1916, daylight saving was introduced during World War 1 by both sides of the conflict as a means of conserving coal. That included Australia (in 1917 only). Afterwards, while UK US France Canada and Ireland kept it going, other European countries, and Russia, abandoned it. It was restored by many countries during World War 2, abandoned afterwards, then brought in again, starting in Tasmania in 1968. Most of Australia followed in 1971 (excepting Western Australia and Northern Territory). After many complaints in much of Queensland, it was abandoned there the following year i.e. in 1972. It was retrialled under Labour Premier Wayne Goss in 1989, before being abandoned for good in 1992.
Daylight Saving in Australia Wiki article
Following pages are by www.timetemperature.com
when the sun was in the south :-) Brisbane (Sunrise 5:35AMSunset 6:26PM
) Note, Queensland is a large state: Townsville (Sunrise 6:07AMSunset 6:44PM
) Mount Isa (Sunrise 6:36AMSunset 7:14PM
) New Zealand is 3 hrs ahead (Daylight Saving) Sydney (Sunrise 6:36 B5:36), Hobart (Sunrise 6:40 B5:40), Melbourne (Sunrise 6:56 B5:56) NSW, Victoria and Tasmania are 1 hr ahead (except for Broken Hill in NSW). Daylight Saving Adelaide (Sunrise 6:55 B6:25), BrokenHill (Sunrise 6:47 B6:17) ½ hr ahead (Daylight Saving) Darwin (Sunrise 6:47 B7:17) ½ hr behind Tokyo, Seoul 1 hr behind North Korea 1½ hrs behind Perth (Sunrise 5:59 B7:59) 2 hrs behind - except for Eucla in WA (Sunrise 5:52 B7:07) 1¼ hrs behind. China (including Tibet), Philippines, Malaysia also 2 hrs behind Java, Sumatra, Thailand, Vietnam, Novosibirsk-Russia (in Siberia) 3 hrs behind Myanmar 3½ hrs behind Bangladesh, Kazakhstan-East 4 hrs behind Nepal 4¼ hrs behind India 4½ hrs behind Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan-Central 5 hrs behind Afghanistan 5½ hrs behind Iran 6½ hrs behind Turkey, Moscow, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania 7 hrs behind Athens, Israel, Syria, Jordan 8 hrs behind Egypt, Libya, Congo Dem Rep, South Africa also 8 hrs behind Europe except UK & Portugal 9 hrs behind Algeria, Morocco, Nigeria also 9 hrs behind England, Portugal 10 hrs behind. Western Africa also 10 hrs behind. UTC. Central and Southern Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina 11 hrs ahead (previous day) also Chile, Paraguay 11 hrs ahead (previous day) (Daylight Saving) Western Brazil, Bolivia, Venezuela 10 hrs ahead (previous day) Colombia, Peru, Ecuador 9 hrs ahead (previous day) also New York, Toronto, Montreal, Cuba, Haiti 9 hrs ahead (previous day) Texas, Mexico 8 hrs ahead (previous day) Los Angeles, Seattle 6 hrs ahead (previous day) Alaska 5 hrs ahead (previous day) Hawaii 4 hrs ahead (previous day)
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