OpenCage 👉🌍Jul 19, 2024

⏰ Time is a funny thing! For starters, how are we already nearly in August?

But more importantly, when examined closely, time reveals several excellent #geoweirdness examples. In this week's thread, we’ll look at some of the weirdest timezone quirks from around the world.

To get us started here’s a map of the world as segmented by the tz database.

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Show threadRoss of OttawaJul 29, 2024
@opencage that global time zone image is a bit confusing. It shows Ontario & Quebec in Canada as a different colour than the US East coast, but I'm not aware of any timezone differences between the regions - I think we're always in sync. I wonder why they're shown with different colours?
Show threadOpenCage 👉🌍Jul 29, 2024
@ottaross in the tz database they are different: "America/New_York" and "America/Toronto"
Show threadRoss of OttawaJul 29, 2024
@opencage ah I see. That opens the whole other can of worms of how Toronto and Montreal are stuck under the America heading. Wish we could change that. :(
Show threadkaybeeque 🍁💪💪🍁Jul 29, 2024

@ottaross it's kind of a silly question but which do you pick of Toronto and Montreal?

I go with Toronto because it's the same province as Ottawa even though Montreal is actually closer.

What little rationale I have for that is my thinking that a change in TZ (say no more DST) is more likely to be a provincial or federal change rather than geographical. Using Toronto covers both provincial and federal. 🤷‍♂️

@opencage

Show threadRoss of OttawaJul 29, 2024
@kaybee335 I tend to flip back and forth - likely inconsistent. It's a good rationale though.
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Show threadkaybeeque 🍁💪💪🍁
@ottaross @opencage it will likely make no difference in the long run but I got tired of making the decision each time I set up something.
Jul 29, 2024 at 3:37pmWeb