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to: JANIS KRACHT
from: MARK LEWIS
date: 2015-11-02 20:21:00
subject: TZUTC kludge

02 Nov 15 17:58, you wrote to me:

 >> 31 Oct 15 14:12, you wrote to Wilfred Van Velzen:

 >>> This is correct.  I used to reside in -0600 which is Eastern time, but
 >>> I now reside in -0500 which is Central time.

 >> you got that backwards... eastern time is -0500 in the winter and -0400 in
 >> the summer... central is -0600 in the winter and -0500 in the summer...

 JK> This msg. should show the correct time... Checked everywhere on here and
 JK> all is correct.  We just did the "fall back" thing yesterday 

the TZUTC control line is correct now with -0500 where it was not previously
with that same value... now we have to wait until the first sunday in march
2016 to see if it switches to -0400 like it should  ;)

 JK> Mon Nov  2 22:55:40 UTC 2015
 JK> Mon Nov  2 17:56:12 EST 2015

 JK> dogone lost an hour Lol..

gained an hour, actually... previously UTC would have been 21:55 for that
eastern time... we lose an hour in the spring... an hour to sleep in, that is 
O:)

)\/(ark

... I always have parts left over when working on my car!
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