Xinjiang, China; Argentina; Chile; Iceland; Russia and other areas skew time zones westward, in effect observing DST year-round without complications from clock shifts. For example, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, is at 106°39′ W longitude, slightly west of center of the idealized Mountain Time Zone (105° W), but the time in Saskatchewan is Central Standard Time (90° W) year-round, so Saskatoon is always about 67 minutes ahead of mean solar time, thus effectively observing daylight saving time year-round. Conversely, northeast India and a few other areas skew time zones eastward, in effect observing negative DST. The United Kingdom and Ireland experimented with year-round DST from 1968 to 1971 but abandoned it because of its unpopularity, particularly in northern regions. COUNT 5
QSN1 In which direction do countries like Russia and Argentina shift their time zones that could be considered all-year DST? ANS1 westward QSN2 About how many minutes does Saskatoon, Saskatchewan stay ahead of mean solar time? ANS2 67 QSN3 What time does Saskatoon observe all year long? ANS3 Central Standard Time QSN4 Places like northeast India that shift time zones to the east could be considered to be observing what kind of DST? ANS4 negative DST QSN5 What year did Ireland and the UK give up on their permanent DST experiment? ANS5 1971