From 953afaad68de00e2fc68be4f909cde6f4c3f27db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Todd C. Miller" Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 23:05:13 +0000 Subject: Update to tzcode2000f from ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/ --- lib/libc/time/tz-art.htm | 19 ++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'lib/libc/time/tz-art.htm') diff --git a/lib/libc/time/tz-art.htm b/lib/libc/time/tz-art.htm index e1b2882793e..aba7d2f989c 100644 --- a/lib/libc/time/tz-art.htm +++ b/lib/libc/time/tz-art.htm @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ - + Time and the Arts @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@

Time and the Arts

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Please send corrections to this web page to the @@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ Notes: Wall-clock time plays a central role in the plot. Film: Bell Science - About Time Notes: The Frank Baxter/Richard Deacon extravaganza Information on ordering is available at - http://www.videoflicks.com/VF/38/038332.htm + http://www.videoflicks.com/VF2/1035/1035893.ihtml -------------------------------------------------------------------------- An episode of "The Adventures of Superman" entitled "The Mysterious Cube," first aired 1958-02-24, had Superman convincing the controllers @@ -189,12 +189,25 @@ entitled "The Chimes of Big Ben" in which our protagonist tumbled to the fraudulent nature of a Poland-to-England escape upon hearing "Big Ben" chiming on Polish local time. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- +The series "Seinfeld" included an episode entitled "The Susie," first +broadcast 1997-02-13, in which Kramer decides that daylight saving time +isn't coming fast enough, so he sets his watch ahead an hour. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- The syndicated comic strip "Dilbert" featured an all-too-rare example of time zone humor on 1998-03-14. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Surrealist artist Guy Billout's work "Date Line" appeared on page 103 of the November, 1999 Atlantic Monthly. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- +"In what time zone would you find New York City?" was a $200 question on +the 1999-11-13 United States airing of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" ========================================================================== +"A fundamental belief held by Americans is that if you are on land, you +cannot be killed by a fish...So most Americans remain on land, believing +they're safe. Unfortunately, this belief--like so many myths, such as that +there's a reason for 'Daylight Saving Time'--is false." + Dave Barry column, 2000-07-02 +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Good news." "What did they do? Extend Daylight Saving Time year round?" Professional tanner George Hamilton, in dialog from a -- cgit v1.2.3