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				<title>Timezone api</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ Hi there,

I am using the timezone service but realised that the below returns the wrong DST offset:

http://ws.geonames.org/timezone?lat=30.05&lng=31.25

dstOffset should actually be 2.0 for Egypt.

I have tested this with many other countries and they seem to be correct except this one. If you can fix this it would be much appreciated.
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 27 May 2011 07:13:43]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ adelh]]></author>
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				<title>Re:Timezone api</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ First of all you should not use the ws.geonames.org server as it is deprecated, use the server api.geonames.org instead:

http://geonames.wordpress.com/2011/01/28/application-identification-for-free-geonames-web-services/

The dstOffset is deprecated as well and no longer supported:
http://www.geonames.org/export/web-services.html#timezone

It gives the offset at first of July.
gmtOffset: offset to GMT at 1. January (deprecated)
dstOffset: offset to GMT at 1. July (deprecated)

The <b>timezoneId</b> is the relevant piece of information, it refers to the olson timezone database that is included in most programming environments and includes the dst rules.

Best

Marc]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 28 May 2011 14:58:13]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ marc]]></author>
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