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echo: makenl_ng
to: Michiel van der Vlist
from: Vince Coen
date: 2017-03-01 21:33:10
subject: Feature request

Hello Michiel!

Wednesday March 01 2017 16:49, you wrote to All:

 > Hello All,

 > In order to make it easier for nodelist clerks to synchronise their
 > efforts across time zones, I suggest the following;


 > UseUTC (0/1)    (default 0)


 > This instructs MakeNl to use UTC instead of local time to determine
 > the day of the week and other time related issues.

 > E.G. When it is Thursday 21:00 local time and it is Friday 01:00 UTC,
 > Makenl will act as if is is run on Friday and use the day of the week
 > number corresponding to Friday.


 > In some cases, it may be necessary to override the OS's and/or
 > compiler's time functions. So I suggest the following option:


 > UseTZUTC (0/1)  (default 0)

 > Use the TZUTC environment variable to derive UTC from local time,
 > instead of using the value supplied by the OS and/or the compiler's
 > library functions.


As I run multi-user systems (Linux) I cannot change the time at a system 
level.

So a setting within makenl to deal would be better.

There again just adjust your time set for sending to the earliest period for
both time changes, e.g., forward setting.



Vince

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