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Time zone abbreviations for both Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time are shown exactly as they appear in the database. See strftime and its "%Z" field. Some of zone records use 3 or 4 letter abbreviations that are tied to physical time zones, others use numeric UTC offsets.
Before time zones were introduced, every place used local observation of the sun to set their clocks, which means they used local mean time, every city different based on their longitude. Detroit used 05:32:11 west of Greenwich and Menominee 05:50:27 west of Greenwich. Time zones were introduced in the United States in 1883.
In the United States and Canada, the Mountain Time Zone is to the east of the Pacific Time Zone and to the west of the Central Time Zone. In some areas, starting in 2007, the local time changes from MST to MDT at 2 am MST to 3 am MDT on the second Sunday in March and returns at 2 am MDT to 1 am MST on the first Sunday in November.
Mount Gravatt East is located 8 kilometres (5 mi) southeast of the central business district. There is a variety of hills, one of them being Mount Thompson ( 27°31′45″S 153°04′44″E / 27.5292°S 153.0789°E / -27.5292; 153.0789 ( Mount Thompson ) ) at 190 metres (620 ft) above sea
In the 2011 census, Upper Mount Gravatt had a population of 8,851 people, 51.1% female and 48.9% male.The median age of the Upper Mount Gravatt population was 34 years, 3 years below the Australian median of 37. 59.4% of people living in Upper Mount Gravatt were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.3%, China 3. ...
As Mount Gravatt was the end of the line, part of the area was known locally as "The Terminus". Mount Gravatt East State School (in neighbouring Mount Gravatt East) was opened on 29 August 1955. [9] Mount Gravatt State High School opened in 1960. [9] St Agnes Catholic Primary School opened on 1 January 1962. [9] The Mount Gravatt Library opened ...
Beenleigh Road is the main road connecting the suburb to the motorways leading to the city and further parts of Brisbane and beyond. Kuraby is serviced by a fast electric train service to Brisbane city and the Gold Coast, whilst a bus service takes commuters to the large shopping centres of Upper Mount Gravatt and Springwood. [citation needed]
Griffith University busway station is located in Brisbane, Australia serving the Griffith University, Mount Gravatt and Nathan campuses. It opened on 30 April 2001 when the South East Busway was extended from Woolloongabba to Eight Mile Plains.