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From: Free Thinking Doggie
'The time in China follows a single standard time offset of UTC+08:00, where Beijing is located, even though the country spans five geographical time zones. It is the largest sovereign nation in the world that officially observes only one time zone.

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IT's 13:50 here and the sun is still not due South. Which is a little bit crazy. ... [more]	Free Thinking Doggie	12:53:03
>> No time change here but where exactly west is varies a lot	Denc 🗡	16:06:15
>> Relative to where we are.	Denc 🗡	16:15:06
>> So? Matters not a jot in modern way of life. You live by your own time zone.	Hamsterwheel	13:22:56
>> Well, taken to extremes, it's ridiculous. Like in China, where those in the far ... [more]	Free Thinking Doggie	13:34:06
>> I agree the time should change as often as necessary to give us long evenings.	Hamsterwheel	14:57:44
>> 'The time in China follows a single standard time offset of UTC+08:00, where ... [more]	Free Thinking Doggie	13:39:11
>> Helps that nobody dare moan about it.	Hamsterwheel	15:02:14
>> They did have separate times zones at one time.	Free Thinking Doggie	15:07:42
>> So did every town in England until the railways spoiled it	Hamsterwheel	15:11:49
>> I'm well aware of the history on time in England.	Free Thinking Doggie	18:45:30
>> Cadiz is over 6 degrees West of Greenwich.	Free Thinking Doggie	13:17:41
>> Garden in Lytham is south facing. When I look out I know the new pad in ... [more]	JonH🍕	14:51:14
>> My balcony is a smidgen off due magnetic south.	Free Thinking Doggie	15:10:22
>> Here 43.7°N 7.27°E.	Free Thinking Doggie	15:06:39

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