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Subject: Re: What time zone is Alaska in?
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Date: Thu, 26-Jan-84 09:43:48 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 26 09:43:48 1984
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What you heard on the radio is almost true.

Alaska used to have FOUR time zones:  Bering for the Aleutian Islands
and the mainland points along the Bering Sea and Strait, Alaska for
most of the state, Yukon for ONLY Yakutat, and Pacific for the area
around Juneau.

Now there are two.  All the mainland points (including Juneau!) have
moved to Yukon time (UCT-9).  The Aleutians are now on what used to
be Alaska time (UCT-10) -- the same as Hawaii time.

But the people at the Weather Station at Shemya don't know what the
name of their timezone is.  Since this was done on the day they would
have otherwise dropped from BDT back to BST, they think they're still
on Bering Time (since they didn't change time).
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