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Date:      Mon, 7 Jun 2004 22:47:46 -0400
From:      Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU>
To:        Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org>
Cc:        des@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: CVSROOT cfg_local.pm
Message-ID:  <20040608024746.GB25445@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <200406071712.i57HC805042166@grimreaper.grondar.org>
References:  <20040607.082534.17038697.imp@bsdimp.com> <200406071712.i57HC805042166@grimreaper.grondar.org>

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On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 06:12:07PM +0100, Mark Murray wrote:

> Sure, but like feet & inches, its gonna take a long time to disappear.
> The gov.uk and bbc.co.uk use it and BST. Like good NATO partners, however
> the mod.uk uses ZULU time and 24-hour clock. It all comes down to who
> you ask, and most of these couldn't give a tinker's cuss what the
> official designation was. :-)

Ok, so since it seems to be me that started this...

It sounds like it would be better for the system to say "UTC" instead
of "GMT" in the absence of /etc/localtime.  Does anyone disagree?

Warner correctly mentioned it would be best to check with the standards
folks but my best guess on who that would be is Garrett Wollman and
I'm fairly sure he chimes in on these sorts of messages on this list
when appropriate.

-- 
						Ken Smith
- From there to here, from here to      |       kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu
  there, funny things are everywhere.   |
                      - Theodore Geisel |



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