Timezones and HBP Release

[Joe Bento]

Joe:

Since I also have ham radio as a hobby, I thought I had a pretty 
good understanding of time zones.  Then again, most of the 
references ham operators use for world-wide contacts is in GMT and 
not local time.

Of course GMT does not follow daylight savings (summer time), so it 
is a constant.  

Looking at the time zones, it appears the whole of the UK is within 
the 0 meridian or same time zone.  How then does Edinburgh gain 
GMT+2 hours? Do they go on a double summer time schedule?

I'm really confused now!  :-)

Joe


--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "storm" <miss_megan at b...> 
wrote:

> What I don't understand though is that the Bloomsbury website said:
> "Immediately after midnight, at 00.01am on Saturday 16th July JK 
Rowling
> will read from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in the Great 
Hall at
> Edinburgh Castle"
> http://www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter/def_text.asp?sec=3
> 
> Edinburgh is 2 hours ahead of GMT so they are getting it two hours 
ahead of
> the rest of us.
> 
> No Fair!! I want it when they get it! Where's my book!!!
> 
> storm, in Sydney
>