Klarinet Archive - Posting 000250.txt from 2001/03
From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.org> Subj: RE: [kl] Sneezy down March 10. Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 17:27:43 -0500
UTC is the correct defvinition, not GMT, and has been for some time - see ISO 8601. EST is historical and is well-known throughout the world.
I _do_ realize this is an international list, thus the use of commonly used times zones. Use of the word GMT would be as incorrect or non-worldly as using EST. The correct indication would be to append a Z to the time if I used UTC.
I could have (correctly) specified the time as:
0800-0500 to 1200-0500 and confused many or
you might want to check http://www.timeanddate.com/time/abbreviations.html
which define commonly used abbreviations or
I could be rude and just take things down without notification. But I wouldn't.
Enough wasting bandwidth. Next time you want to complain about me notifying the list about maintenance please contact me personally.
Mark C.
--
Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to
build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to
produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
- Wico de Leeuw
On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, redcedar wrote:
> I don't wish to be rude, but as this is an "international" list - it is,
> isn't it? - I wonder why the accepted international standard is not used in
> future communications of this sort ie. GMT plus or minus.
> Michael
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