STANDARD TIME

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 47, 8 June 1928, Page 13

STANDARD TIME

LISTENERS often find it difficult to distinguish between Standard and Local time. Jfor the sake of convenience in connection with railways, telegrams, ete., most countries keep standard time of some particular meridian, which often differs considerably from mean local time. The Standard time of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania is the mean of an imaginary place on the 150th meridian, This is 10 hours east of Greenwich, the standaftd takenin Great Britain. The mean time of Sydney is five minutes ahead of standard time, while the mean time at Melbourne is five minutes behind standard time. ‘The standard time for South Australia is half an hour later than New South Wales, while that of West Australia is an hour later than the Eastern States, The standard time of New Zealand is one and a half hours ahead of Queensland, N.S.W., Victoria, and Yasmania. ‘Therefore 8 p.m, in Syaney , for instance, is equivalent to 9,30 pm, in New Zealand.