Thanks Alan Always happy to learn :-) I tend to only need a rough guide for most things but should I need something more precise I will follow your suggestion It doesn't come up very often really which is odd given the way we converse across the planet day to day A wonderful medium to have at our fingertips eh Knowing how useful it is I have long had a pet plan that all should have the ability/facility to use the internet, particularly the old who are unable to get out and around, I know a lot who are stuck inside with no one to talk to, I feel sure they would benefit a great deal from it Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 06/03/2015 14:23, Alan Pine wrote: > Hi Nivard > > I don't want to correct you - just add to your considerable knowledge. > > For time differences between locations around the world I always use: > http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ > I deal with many different countries and find this site useful. > > To see the actual time zone map: > http://www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ > > I live in Melbourne, Australia and the notion of time differences > between AU eastern states is somewhat confusing in our summer. The > eastern states, Tasmania (Hobart), Victoria (Melbourne), ACT (Canberra) > and NSW (Sydney) adjust clocks for summer time. (Thank god now they now > do it on the same day! In the recent past they adjusted their clocks on > different dates!) Queensland (Brisbane) doesn't. Never has. Their > reasoning was either that their curtains would fade with the extra hour > of daylight (?) or their cows would be confused what time to come to the > sheds for milking. Anyway, the notion of AEST in summer in Australia > doesn't apply. > > To add to the confusion we have two "states", one directly north of the > other. Northern Territory (Darwin) and South Australia (Adelaide). They > have a half hour time difference with the eastern States, and one state > adjusts for Daylight Saving/Summer time, and the other doesn't. > > HTH, > > Alan.