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The article says it is used in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, yet the map shows Labrador in Atlantic Standard. Which is it? Nevermind, it is explained in the article --
Qyd (
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01:32, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
This is one critical piece of information missing here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.23.23.199 ( talk) 17:38, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
The (Newfoundland) Daily News for May 27 1963 has an opinion piece "Turn Backward, O, Time" with the following complaint: ... is there cause to believe that any benefits from the change can possibly exceed the losses that must be suffered when we surrender the privilege of enjoying our own special brand of time confusion ... The article states that NT was originated in 1884 when a "reasonably precise measurement put the Avalon Peninsula 3 1/2 hours behind Greenwich" Adaviel ( talk) 06:04, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
@ Joeyconnick: Concerning this edit, you are mistaken. The source specifically quotes radio broadcaster Ted Blades as saying that in October, before the switch back to NST, parents will be sending their kids to school in the dark. I assume that in Newfoundland the school year runs from September to June, so it is wrong to call October "the latter part of the school year". In St. John's, in early October sunrise is normally around 7:00 a.m. NDT. But in 1988, sunrise in early October was around 8:00 a.m. NDDT; hence the concern over kids going to school in the dark. (May and June are near the summer solstice; in those months in St. John's the sun rises before 6:00 a.m. NDT.) Mathew5000 ( talk) 08:59, 2 February 2020 (UTC)