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				<title>Timezone errors</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ I've noticed a couple timezone errors.

Denver,CO is being returned with the America/North_Dakota/New_Salem which is an hour off from the America/Denver timezone.
(http://ws.geonames.org/get?geonameId=5419384&style=full)
Boulder, CO returns the America/Denver timezone.

Dallas,TX is being returned with the America/Indiana/Vincennes timezone which I think is actually Eastern time at this moment.  Austin, TX and San Antonio,TX also exhibit this behavior.
(http://ws.geonames.org/get?geonameId=4684888&style=full)

Is there a way to correct those?

Thanks,
David]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:05:16]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ davidmc]]></author>
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				<title>Re:Timezone errors</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ Has anyone else seen timezone issues?  In addition to Denver,CO there are other cities like Colorado Springs,CO which should be assigned to MST (GMT-7) but instead have a CST (GMT-6) timezone.  If I take the lat/long of Denver, CO and use the timezone lookup service it returns the expected MST timezone.

Thanks,
David]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:55:05]]> GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Re:Timezone errors</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ Hi David

There is something wrong with the timezone stored in the database. I will fix it with the values the timezone web service returns. It should be fixed this week.

Cheers

Marc]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:16:39]]> GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Re:Timezone errors</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ Hi David

I have checked all US places against the timezone polyons used for the timezone web service and updated all erroneous timezones.


Marc]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:22:11]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ marc]]></author>
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				<title>Re:Timezone errors</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ Thanks!  I got the latest database and everything looks good.

David]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 4 Feb 2008 23:28:53]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ davidmc]]></author>
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				<title>Re:Timezone errors</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ Hi everybody,

I'm trying to use the timezone web service.  I queried the API for the time for New York City at 3:57pm EST.  I got the following XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<geonames>
<timezone>
<countryCode>US</countryCode>
<countryName>United States</countryName>
<lat>40.67</lat>
<lng>-73.98</lng>
<timezoneId>America/New_York</timezoneId>
<dstOffset>-4.0</dstOffset>
<gmtOffset>-5.0</gmtOffset>

<rawOffset>-5.0</rawOffset>
<time>2008-02-26 21:57</time>
</timezone>
</geonames>

Should the dstOffset be -6.0? (21:57 - 6.0 = 15:57 = 3:57 pm)

Are there plans to include a line for the current local time?

Thanks!

Brandon]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:05:37]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ bbruce]]></author>
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				<title>Re:Timezone errors</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ Hi Brandon

The 'time' element was brand new and it was supposed to contain the current local time. There was a bug and it displayed the time on the server instead.


Marc]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 2 Mar 2008 17:02:47]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ marc]]></author>
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				<title>Re:Timezone errors</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ I found a few more timezone mismatches:

1. El Paso, TX has its timezone set to Arizona time but it should be Mountain.
http://ws.geonames.org/get?geonameId=5520993&style=full
a lat/long lookup returns the correct timezone:
http://ws.geonames.org/timezone?lat=31.7587198&lng=-106.4869314&style=full

2. Ft. Walton Beach, FL has its timezone set to Eastern but it should be central.
http://ws.geonames.org/get?geonameId=4156042&style=full
lat/long is correct for this one also:
http://ws.geonames.org/timezone?lat=30.4057552&lng=-86.618842&style=full
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:07:42]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ davidmc]]></author>
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				<title>Re:Timezone errors</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ We have fixed a bug in the timezone reverse geocoding, but not yet fixed the data in the dump.

marc]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:16:24]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ marc]]></author>
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				<title>Re:Timezone errors</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ Thanks Marc.  Should it be reflected in the results yet?  The example links I gave aren't behaving any differently.  A lookup of el paso by Id is returning a -7/-7 timezone which is incorrect.  The lat/long lookup still returns the correct result (-7/-6).]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 4 Sep 2008 00:51:46]]> GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Re:Timezone errors</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ David. There was a typo in my answer above (corrected now). It should have  read 'we have NOT yet fixed it in the  dump/db.

Marc]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 5 Sep 2008 07:32:24]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ marc]]></author>
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				<title>Re:Timezone errors</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ A search for Alice Springs gives a timezone of Australia/Broken_Hill (gmtOffset=10.5) rather than a zone with gmtOffset=9.5:
<a href="http://ws.geonames.org/search?name_equals=alice+springs&countryCode=AU&style=FULL">http://ws.geonames.org/search?name_equals=alice+springs&countryCode=AU&style=FULL</a>

A timezone query gives the correct result:
<a href="http://ws.geonames.org/timezone?lat=-23.7&lng=133.8833333">http://ws.geonames.org/timezone?lat=-23.7&lng=133.8833333</a>

A search for Unalaska gives a timezone of America/Adak (gmtOffset=-10.0) rather than a zone with gmtOffset=-9.0:
<a href="http://ws.geonames.org/search?name_equals=unalaska&style=FULL">http://ws.geonames.org/search?name_equals=unalaska&style=FULL</a>

A timezone query gives the same result:
<a href="http://ws.geonames.org/timezone?lat=53.8736111&lng=-166.5366667">http://ws.geonames.org/timezone?lat=53.8736111&lng=-166.5366667</a>

Jeff Conrad
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 12 Jul 2009 05:54:17]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ Jeff Conrad]]></author>
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				<title>Re:Timezone errors</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ thanks jeff. it has been fixed. For Adak/Alaska we are now using the longitude -169.5 as the boundary.

Best

Marc]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:42:41]]> GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Re:Timezone errors</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ Marc,

The search queries now work fine, but queries using searchJSON still give the old values.

Unrelated, but for what it is worth: 49 CFR 71 is the official source for time zones in the United States, but I know of at least one instance where it is not followed. Fort Pierre, SD, is west of the Missouri River and technically in the Mountain time zone (UTC-7); however, the residents, including city and county offices, set their clocks to match the state capital Pierre, which is east of the Missouri River and in the Central time zone (UTC-6). This is how you currently have it, and for practical purposes, it's probably the correct value.

Jeff Conrad]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:27:49]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ Jeff Conrad]]></author>
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				<title>Re:Timezone errors</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ Jeff

There are a couple of servers that need to be updated and it will take some days till it is available on all servers.

Do you happen to know the correct timezone for St. Lawrence Island in Alaska? My sources are not very clear about this. Is is the same as the western part of the Aleutian Islands?

Best

Marc]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:54:52]]> GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Re:Timezone errors</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ I have no particular knowledge of this; because it straddles the 169.5&deg; W boundary given in 49 CFR 71, that document isn't dispositive.  But given the island's remote location, having two different time zones would make little sense

Most sources that one finds in a Google search put it in Hawaii/Aleutian time zone (UTC-10); one of those sources is the State of Alaska (<a href="http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/oed/student_info/learn/timezones.htm"> http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/oed/student_info/learn/timezones.htm</a>), so I'd assume that UTC-10 is the correct zone.

Jeff Conrad]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:07:16]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ Jeff Conrad]]></author>
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				<title>Re:Timezone errors</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ Hi,

I think there´s an error with some spanish timezones.

A lot of cities from AL, BA, CA, CO, GR, H, J, MA, SE and MU provinces have the identifier "Africa/Ceuta"

Is it correct?

Not "Europe/Madrid"?

Thanks

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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:38:26]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ Xil]]></author>
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				<title>Re:Timezone errors</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ Ups I see it´s ok on the web service.

Sorry then, maybe you'r still updating the database dump.

I will change it manually and wait for updates. 

Regards
Xil

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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:02:24]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ Xil]]></author>
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				<title>Re:Timezone errors</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ The dump has been updated.

Marc]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:55:37]]> GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Re:Timezone errors</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ <b>Thanks Mark</b>]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:34:28]]> GMT</pubDate>
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