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echo: makenl_ng
to: Michiel van der Vlist
from: Andrew Leary
date: 2017-03-01 12:34:40
subject: Feature request

Hello Michiel!

01 Mar 17 16:49, you wrote to all:

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

 MV> UseUTC (0/1)    (default 0)

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

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

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

 MV> UseTZUTC (0/1)  (default 0)

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

Your feature request is noted.  This will take some time to code and test, so 
I can make no promises as to when it will be available.

Andrew

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