The Tilde ~ sign indicates STANDARD Time. The Plus + sign indicates DAYLIGHT or SUMMER Time.
NEW WORLD DAY [NWD]
Z01~ begins at 180º E/W Longitude near Tuvalu-Funafuti at the IDL - International Date Line
Neither AFGHANISTAN nor IRAQ observe SUMMER (Daylight Saving) Time.
KABUL Afghanistan advances LOCAL TIME by 30-minutes and is therefore NON-Standard.
Z09~ begins at 60º East Longitude Z09.30~ [is 8.5 hours behind NWD at Z01~].
BAGHDAD Iraq
Z10~ begins at 45º East Longitude Z10.00~ [9-hours behind the NWD at Z01~].
GREENWICH (UTC, GMT & ZULU) England UK
Z13~ begins at 0º Longitude (UTC, GMT & ZULU are always Standard Time at the 0º Prime Meridian.)
UK STANDARD Time Z13~ is 12-hours behind the New World Day at Z01~
UK SUMMER Time Z13+ is 11-hours behind the New World Day at Z01~ LONDON
ATLANTA Georgia US
Z18 ~/+ begins at 75º West Longitude
USA Eastern DAYLIGHT Time Z18+ is 16-hours behind the New World Day at Z01~
USA Eastern STANDARD Time Z18~ is 17-hours behind the New World Day at Z01~
ITZ~International Time Zones
It is within the legal venue of any country or municipality to define their calendar and time.
A few small countries - seeking once a year notoriety - advance their date and time in order to claim the beginning of each new year.
By International Agreement of the majority of countries in the world
each new day begins at the Midnight Hour (00:00 a.m.) on the 180º Meridian of Longitude in the Pacific Ocean.
Whereas, the same instant of time is the Noon Hour (12:00 p.m.) of the previous day on the 0º Meridian of Longitude at Greenwich Observatory, UK.
The ITZ~ChronStamp paradigm provides a standardized format for event logs, security, telecomm, document
and database management systems.
ITZ~CS is a terse, alphanumeric format that uses the smallest, fixed # of characters and complies with both Unix and Windows file-paths.
* Non-Standard Local Time Zones are accommodated by adding a decimal & digits 01-59 to indicate advanced 'odd' minutes.
For example, the entire country of India uses Z08.30~
* Each ChronStamp consists of 22 or 25, uniquely positioned, uppercase characters that create an accurate, concise chronological stamp.
* Fixed character positions provide fast, reliable character extraction, math calculations and unambiguous human comprehension.
* Meridians are not Time Zones - they are lines of longitudinal demarcation.
* Each Time Zone includes 15º degrees of longitude and begins with a specific eastern most meridian in multiples of 15º, 30º, 45º, etc..
* The time honored use of the letter "Z" to represent Zulu time is used globally, although officially - time at the 0º Prime Meridian
is referred to as Universal Time Coordinated or simply UTC.
EXAMPLES of the Standard 22 character format and a 25 character format that accommodates a NON-Standard ADVANCED Minutes:
Z01~20050829MO@011559~ Z18+20050828SU@0915AM~ {Wash.,DC: Eastern Daylight Saving Time
Z01~20050829MO@011559~ Z23~20050828SU@0315PM~ {Honolulu, Hawaii: Year-round Standard Time
Z01~20050829MO@011559~ Z08.30~20050828SU@1845PM~ {New Delhi, India: 30-min. ahead of Standard
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