3 ms·
> Well actually there are 96 of them in practice, I think it's tracked in increments of 15 minutes since anything less is a bit meaningless. I don't think most
by mynameisvlad 5y ago
> Well actually there are 96 of them in practice, I think it's tracked in increments of 15 minutes since anything less is a bit meaningless.
I don't think most of those exist, actually. If nobody is observing (for example) +6:45, I wouldn't count it as an actual time zone.
Even :30 tzs are fairly rare, I think the number of :15/45 is counted on one hand.
- moffkalast 5y agoNepal uses a 15 min offset I think, but I wouldn't expect anyone to really use that in a practical fashion. I'd expect it to be used in say astronomical observations, where this sort of thing actually matters and isn't treated as made up or subject to stupid opinions. Or other kinds of calculations that need the sun's position to match more accurately.