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Re: [MiNT] timezone change

To: MiNT List <mint@fishpool.com>
Subject: Re: [MiNT] timezone change
From: Martin-Éric Racine <q-funk@pp.fishpool.fi>
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 16:10:20 +0300
In-reply-to: <Pine.MNT.4.10.10003271451040.122-100000@FreeMiNT.st.uni-magdeburg.de>
Sender: owner-mint@fishpool.com

> Btw, one reason why all programs use UTC is that they are independant
> from localtime settings (specially summer/winter time adjustment).

This is a programmer's dream come true, because it saves them
from dealing with timezones at all.  

However, for the real user who lives in a real city with real
people and real bus schedules, changing to summer/winter time is
necessary.

-- 
Martin-Éric Racine  http://funkyware.atari.org/  Atari TT030 FAQ
Lappeenranta, Finland.  Surfing on a Intel/Microsoft-free GEM OS

References:
- Re: [MiNT] timezone change
  - From: Frank Naumann <fnaumann@cs.uni-magdeburg.de>

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