Attn anachronism police

[spatch]

Who can tell me in what year Newfoundland adopted the practice of adding 30 minutes on to their time zone? Wonkypedia only gives me years when Daylight Savings Time was adopted, but says nothing about those extra 30 minutes. And them's crucial. Much obliged.





Your pal,
Hieronymous Q. Mushmeyer
Director of Anachronistic Look-Uppery

Comments

[antikythera.livejournal.com]

It has its own article, which suggests that the half hour is because it's precisely in the middle of the 3.5-hours-off-GMT zone.