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Alex wrote:

> Here in Indiana,
> we never change time:-)
> So it is always GMT-5.

We do change time in Indiana, with 24 hours per day like other places.  We
also change dates. 

Alex's point is that we do not practice daylight savings time.  He is
*mostly* correct. There are some good reasons behind this:

1. The Central Time Zone theoretically starts between Cleveland and Toledo
Ohio.  With West Lafayette at approx. 86d 56' West, high noon here is
nominally 12:48 PM.  As we are on EST, we are in essence on daylight savings
time all year around.

2. Early tee times will be an hour later.

3. There is a strongly held belief the extra hour of sunlight will burnout
folks' lawns ;-)

"Here in Indiana" is  correct if "West Lafayette" equals "here."
But if it refers to all of the Hoosier state, it is incorrect.
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"Coordinators Handbook
Indiana Time Zones
What Time Is It in Indiana?

Answer: It depends. While the majority of the state (geographically
speaking) is in the Eastern Standard time zone all year round (never moving
its clocks forward or back), portions of Indiana are in the Central Time
zone, and a few southeastern counties unofficially observe Eastern Daylight
time during the summer months.

Counties Observing Central Time
Northwest Indiana        Southwest Indiana
Jasper                   Gibson
Lake                     Posey
Laporte                  Spencer
Porter                   Vanderburgh
Newton                   Warrick

Bottom Line: Counties on Central Time are one hour BEHIND the rest of
Indiana during the winter and on the "same time during the summer months
with all Indiana counties except those in southeastern Indiana."

Counties Observing Eastern Daylight Time
Southeast Indiana
Clark
Dearborn
Floyd
Harrison
Ohio

Bottom Line: Counties unofficially observing EDT (Eastern Daylight Time)
during the summer months will be one hour AHEAD of the rest of the state.
Some business and government offices have two clocks on their walls ? one
with EDT and the other with EST."

Bill

   

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