Charlottetown, PEI (GMT -4): There are not many of us. In fact, most of the western world doesn't even know we exist. We are the few who live life at GMT-4. As far as everyone else is concerned the Atlantic Ocean starts to the right of GMT -5.

A few of the few of us hang our shingles in GMT -5 through GMT -8. It's always a revelation to those from not here that here actually exists and that here is not GMT -5. One thing is for certain: We are not a known constant. We will never be the reference point from which a meeting or call will be scheduled. We will always end up doing the math.