Bob,

USE WHAT THE MANUAL SEZ!!!!!

TO GET FROM GMT TO EASTERN TIME YOU SUBTRACT 4 HOURS.
TO GET FROM EASTERN TO GMT, WHICH IS WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO...YOU ADD
FOUR HOURS.
John
"Sanity is the playground of the unimaginative"
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 1:52 PM
Subject: [M]: Time Zone confusion


> 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
>

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