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to: mike
from: Geo.
date: 2007-03-05 21:29:26
subject: Re: linux/bsd and clock standards

From: "Geo." 

"mike"  wrote in message
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> Well, if it were a new standard, then Microsoft should at least use it.
> Instead, when I am setting my clock in Windows, it shows me a list of
> time zones with their delta from GMT, not their delta from local time.
> Ditto for the offset in the email headers in MS Exchange.

You set your time, you set your time zone. Is there some problem with this
because as far as I can tell you don't even need to know what GMT is let
alone convert your local time to it to set your clock.

Geo.

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