On 26 Oct 09 08:41:40 -0800, "Charlie Gibbs" <cgi...@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
>> No, on the contrary. The internals keep representing the same point >> in time, as utc, but you have it presented as a time in the format >> of your choosing. > >Exactly. UTC has been the standard in aviation for decades for this >very reason. With 20-20 hindsight, all computers should have started off marking files that way. It's not easy changing, but it would really be worth it. Especially for those sites that gradually change the time to make sure transactions get stored in order as the clock bumps back because of daylight savings time - but also for any multi-time zone database. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
