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Subject:    RE: IETF must use only UTC in its announcements (Was: Live Streaming	of the IETF 88 Technical Plenar
From:       <l.wood () surrey ! ac ! uk>
Date:       2013-10-31 5:42:44
Message-ID: 290E20B455C66743BE178C5C84F1240847E3E25D9D () EXMB01CMS ! surrey ! ac ! uk
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No, Ghana is on GMT, which is equivalent to the time still used British winters. But \
Ghana has policy control over the offset it chooses... \
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=4

The nearer the equator you are, the less you need daylight savings.

If you read "Seize the Daylight: The Curious and Contentious Story of Daylight Saving \
Time", you'll come to loathe William Willett and all he stood for. \
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Willett

Lloyd Wood
http://sat-net.com/L.Wood/


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From: ietf-bounces@ietf.org [ietf-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of joel jaeggli \
                [joelja@bogus.com]
Sent: 30 October 2013 16:54
To: Scott Brim
Cc: ned+ietf; Carsten Bormann; IETF Discuss
Subject: Re: IETF must use only UTC in its announcements (Was: Live Streaming   of \
the IETF 88 Technical Plenary

On Oct 30, 2013, at 7:24 AM, Scott Brim <scott.brim@gmail.com> wrote:

> One aspect of the problem is calendar apps.  Some rather popular ones don't have a \
> way to enter UTC, only UK time eg. BST, so you need some local time somewhere to \
> enter the event in your calendar.

And the United Kingdom and Great Britian are not on BST all year. Ghana on the other \
hand is.


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