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> ACWST is observed only in a tiny sliver... a total length of about 340 kilometres. It might be tiny in Australian terms but not internationally. 340km is a v
by twelvechairs 4y ago
> ACWST is observed only in a tiny sliver... a total length of about 340 kilometres.
It might be tiny in Australian terms but not internationally. 340km is a very similar width to the UTC+2 timezone as it runs through Finland and the Baltic states, much wider than Portugal which has its own timezone (UTC+0), and just a little under the width of Bangladesh (UTC+6, almost completely surrounded by India at UTC+5.5). Ittoqqortoormiit in Greenland has a separate timezone for an area of around 100km width.
- mytailorisrich 4y agoPortugal has "its own timezone" in continental Europe but is aligned with the British Isles.
- gerikson 4y agoDoesn't Portugal use Western European Time, which is the inclusive term for GMT? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_European_Time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_European_Time Geographically, France and Spain ought to be on UTC+0 too...
- tomglynch 4y agoI think this is more about the population in the sliver, than the size of the sliver itself. Using NASA's population estimation site [1] it estimates a population of 213. 213 people have their own timezone. 1: https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/mapping/popest/gpw-v4/ https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/mapping/popest/gpw-v4/