On Aug 24, 9:04 pm, Nobody wrote:
On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:02:18 -0700, RHF
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On Aug 24, 4:05 am, Tester wrote:
Other "split" time zones include India (+5 1/2) and Newfoundland
(island only) (-3 1/2 / -2 1/2).

(CBC radio in English sends the Atlantic zone feed to Newfoundland
time zones, thus causing programs to be a half hour later by local
clocks.)

The point being that it's being treated as yet another Hugo Chavez
weirdness and it isn't quite that weird. However, what it DOES do is
to slightly isolate Venezuela from other countries although not so
much when people get used to it.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyE...28980320070823

Venezuela to change time zone by 30 min in September
Thu Aug 23, 2007 10:42PM BST
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CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has changed his
country's name, redesigned its flag and rejigged its coat of arms in
his drive for a socialist state.

Now the leftist reformer, highly popular for redistributing oil
income, is seeking to move the country's time zone to offer a more
equitable distribution of sunlight.

Venezuela in September will turn clocks back by 30 minutes as it
switches time zones to boost the amount of natural light to residents,
a government official said on Thursday.

Next month Venezuelan clocks will be set at Greenwich Mean Time minus
4-1/2 hours, compared to the previous GMT minus four hours, Science
and Technology Minister Hector Navarro told reporters at a news
conference.
[...]

That will either put the good people of Venezuela :
a Half-Step (Hour) Ahead of the rest of South America
-or- a Half-Step (Hour) Behind of the rest of South America

Maybe Venesuela like Libya under Muammar al-Gaddafi
will adopt a new Calendar too.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_ea...les/819291.stm
"Libya has its own Calendar based on Muhammad's Death."
"BM" Before Muhammad -and- "AM" After Muhammad
Prophet Muhammad - Praise and Peace be upon Him
http://english.islamway.com/bindex.p...=article&id=88

But what would El Presidente Hugo Chavez
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Ch%C3%A1vez
use for the Point of Reference for 'his' Calendar ?
Karl Marx ? - Lenin ? - Mao ? - Himself ?

~ RHF
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Why single out Libya for its use of the Islamic calendar?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_calendar

Judaism also follows its own:

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By the Beard of the Profit You are Right ~ RHF