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Daylight savings

Why was DST used during the 1962 and 1971 wars ? Both were fought in winter (Nov and Dec respectively) and I am under the impression that DST is used only for summer. Tintin (talk) 14:34, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Isn't it the other way round? Daylight savings is used to fully utilise the daylight by shifting the time ahead by an hour so that the effects of an early sunset could be nullified. - Aksi_great (talk) 14:38, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In England, the GMT and British times are same now, but during the summer the GMT lags behind BST by one hour (IST then leads BST by 4:30). So I think it is in summer that they change the clocks. See also Daylight_saving_time#Rationales_for_DST (but it is also true that nothing prevents a country from using it in the other way during winter). Tintin (talk) 14:45, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think editors should provide the reasons for using DST during the wars instead of relying on conjectures or assumptions. It actually leaves one hungry for more information on this specific aspect. Many seem to have raised this point. tx Idleguy 14:55, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I can't say specifically why it was used in this case, but daylight savings time is used during war times because it naturally tends to conserve oil/gas/electricity/whatever else is used to provide light. War time rationing tends to create the need to do this. Raul654 00:39, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Joke - IST

IST is often used as the reason why Indians are always late in India. but someone else needs to verify this before it gets entered

Map problem

The map showing the longitude is inaccurate because the longitude is not a straight line because of the curvature of the earth's surface. Arvindn 03:17, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That depends on the projection. If it's Mercator then the longitude line would be straight. But, since there's no graticule or projection information on the image page, it's hard to say.Stratosphere ^{(U T)} 06:24, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As an added note, it isn't limited to Mercator. If that particular longitude is used for the standard meridian for some projections, it would also appear straight. Stratosphere ^{(U T)} 06:27, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Special Subject?

Wow, one down, 23 to go. We could probably choose something more interesting by just hitting "Random Article": I just did that, and got "Cadaveric spasm." Not bad. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Thomasmallen (talk • contribs).

There are actually 25 different standard time zones, and IST is not one of the standard time zones anyway. (25 time zones exist because the International Date Line bisects a time zone.) Featured articles are chosen, not for interest, but for quality of the article. —Cuiviénen 04:09, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

And yet... you'd think there was SOMETHING out there we could have found a happy medium with. --Soonlaypale 07:56, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]