Maurice Kinal  wrote:
> -={ Saturday, 27 February 2016, 09:55:24 +1100 }=-
> 
> Hey Tony!
> 
>  TL> @TZUTC: 1000
> 
> Hm.  Besides the lack of the '+' character shouldn't that be 1100?  When I 
> looked it up your timezone is currently AEDT which makes it +1100.  No?  Also

> AEST (Apr 3 after 3am) shows +1000.
> 
> 1000 is totally meaningless without the '+' character.  It isn't even a 
> legitimate number which some misinformed programmers assume it is.  Shame on 
> them.

Hmm, I'm not sure where this is derived from.  It should be +1100 for the
next 5 weeks. :)
> 
>  TL> I was using IBM characters a lot in the late 80s, early 90s.
> 
> Many people were despite not knowing that is what they were doing.  Even
today 
> most people don't know or get it wrong.  I've seen Russian users claim KOI8-R

> when they are actually using CP-1251.
> 
>  TL> That information all looks good.
> 
> The LANG was wrong and I now have it fixed.  I accidently had it set to 
> en-AU.utf8 when it should have been en_AU.utf8.

Well spotted, I didn't notice, but you're correct, it is an underscore.
> 
>  TL> I've never really taken sides on that issue. :). If I had to pick
>  TL> one, it would be vim, because I've had more to do with it than
>  TL> emacs.
> 
> Excellent answer!  :-)

:)
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