On Nov 12, 2007 11:15 AM, Joshua Layne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > if I travel, I want my timezone updated, but not the system clock (which > should be UTC if it is a good little linux system...) - then all > calendar entries (which should be stored in UTC internally!) would be > accurate. > There are two sources that could automate this: > 1) the local time that is broadcast from the GSM towers - an offset > could be calculated and an _appropriate_ timezone could be automatically > chosen (note that there can be more than one timezone with the same > offset at a given time of the year, so it would not be able to > distinguish between those, although perhaps there could be a 'favorites' > list of timezones in the user's profile) - at minimum, the offset would > be correct.
> Apologies if this is viewed as thread-jacking. Not intended as such - I > just feel that with a 'location-aware' device, a user shouldn't have to > enter things like timezone - the system should just 'know'. Agreed! -Nick
