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Subject: Re: how to test out cron.c changes? (was: cvs commit: src/etc crontab)
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FWIW, I'm against changing cron.

Ted Faber said it best:

> If someone wants to change cron's behavior to make DST (and
> other timezone shenanigans) behave intuitively, add a flag to
> make cron work exclusively in UTC as someone else suggested.
> It's simple to explain which means less user confusion, and
> covers all the cases (even crossing the International Date
> line with a mobile laptop) which reduces code bloat. Finally
> it's conceptually simpler and more elegant. I think that's
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> worth something.


-- Tim Jackson


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