On 27 Oct 2009 13:15:48 -0700, paulgboul...@aim.com (Paul Gilmartin) wrote:
>Administrative Assistant: He's out to lunch. When can he call you back? > >[What time zone is Benton Harbor? UP or LP? Do they >observe DST? ... Too much uncertainty. Simplify!] > >gil: I'm about to go to lunch myself. Can he call me back two > hours from now? > >[Long pause; imagine neural gears grinding at other end.] > >AA: Errr... What time zone are you in? > >[Obvious poor choice of algorithm.] My son-in-law showed up for a meeting with his boss an hour late in Seattle, after his Outlook translated the meeting to Rocky Mountain Time. That would have worked for a phone meeting, but confusion exists. Maybe the best hope to eliminate this confusion in the U.S. is the acceptance of ESPN time. When people schedule their time to watch a live sporting event, it starts to matter to them. Or follow China and have one time zone for the whole country. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
