About Thomas G. Shanks
Born 1942. Thomas G. Shanks is a programmer.
Thomas G. Shanks (born April 9, 1942, in Lima, Ohio ) is an American computer programmer, author, and time zone history researcher.
Work While working for a San Diego–based astrological computing company as programmer and research director, Shanks did extensive research in the field of worldwide time zone and daylight saving time history. He published the results of this research in the two volumes The American Atlas and The International Atlas. Shanks' published data are quoted frequently in the public domain IANA time zone database.
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Thomas G. Shanks was born on 9 April 1942.
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