Which affects sunrise/sunset times more, latitude or time zone location?

Subject: Which affects sunrise/sunset times more, latitude or time zone location?

Date: Tue May 28 16:06:03 2002
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My husband and I have a disagreement........I say being on the cusp of a time 
zone affects the sunrise/sunset time more than latitude location does, within 
the continental U.S.  For example... town A is on the eastern edge of its time 
zone and Town B is on the western edge of same said time zone. There must be a 
certain difference in each town's sunrise time.  I think this difference is 
greater than the difference between Town A's sunrise time and Town C's sunrise 
time...Town C being at the same longitude as Town A but at a much more southern 
latitude

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