> In a message dated 6/1/01 1:16:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>
>
> . Then set your GMT
> offset correctly. I dont know where you live but if you are in the US
> Eastern time zone the correct offset now is +3 since its daylight
> savings
> time. Your post says you used +4 which is incorrect. Finally make
> sure you
> have the correct date entered.
>
>
>
> Hi all...I am a bit confused. In setting the controls for my lx200 I
> went to
> the site www.timeanddate.com and looked up the current local time offset
> for
> Toledo, OH (home) and found the offset to be -4. I also saw that in the
> manual for eastern time zone the offset is -4. I know that daylight
> savings
> time needs to be taken into consideration but cannot find where my settings
> should be -3. Is this an error in the referenced post? Please forgive the
> ignorance. I am new to the list and the LX200 as well.
> Thanks for the patience,
> Bob

No! The manual says EST is plus 5 (+5), EDT is plus 4 (+4)

See the archives for extensive discussion of the plus/minus question.
Plus 4 is correct for EDT.

--
John Oliver
Astronomy Department
University of Florida

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