On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 11:46:08 -0600 "Rodolfo J. Paiz" <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > At 11:21 3/12/2004, you wrote: > >Is it right that Brasilia has so many timezones, from GMT-3 up to > >GMT-8? > > Note that the country name is "Brazil" in English, "Brasil" in Spanish > and Portuguese (and presumably others as well). Brasilia is the > capital city. > > That being said, Brazil is a huge country. On the 6,400-mile air trip > from Miami to São Paulo, well over half the trip is flown already > inside Brazilian territory. It covers a significant chunk of South > America. But for simplicity, I believe they only use two time zones: > GMT-03 and GMT-04. You're absolutely right, Rodolfo. Here's some data taken from... CIA (!) =) http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/br.html As for timezone configuration, -0800 is definitely wrong. Only -0300, -0400 and -0500 apply to Brazil. This might help too: http://www.travel.com.hk/region/timezone.htm Best, Andre PS: my TZ settings are right, aren't they? -- Andre Oliveira da Costa
