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> On Apr 7, 2023, at 8:23 AM, marc <marcxdv@???> wrote:
>
> 
>>
>> onefang said on Thu, 6 Apr 2023 16:33:14 +1000
>>
>>>> On 2023-04-05 18:18:12, Steve Litt wrote:
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry for the late notice. Tonight at 7:00 Eastern Daylight time,
>>>>> 4/5/2023, GoLUG is having an online meeting where we'll discuss
>>>
>>> I'm guessing that's USA time. Other countries have an east you know.
>>> Oh and USA date format to. Please be a bit more exact with these
>>> things in future.
>>>
>>> --
>>> A big old stinking pile of genius that no one wants
>>> coz there are too many silver coated monkeys in the world.
>>
>>
>> Would UTC suffice? Would everyone understand it?
>
> I think most people would understand UTC.
>
> Dunno if it is useful, but including the hint
>
> "$ TZ=UTC date"
>
> should allow people to work out when this might be, without
> asking the internet.
>
> And for those who prefer to recreate the stockbroker office
> look of yore:
>
> $ xclock &
> $ TZ=UTC xclock -norender -hd yellow -bg thistle3 &
>
> Apparently ESA is planning a time standard for the moon. I wonder
> if the TZ database can deal with timezones running at different
> speeds...
>
> regards
>
> marc

Then there is India that doesn’t do the standard/daylight thing and split the difference to their top of the hour is on everyone else’s half hour. :-)

—Curtis