On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:22:13 -0600, Howard Brazee wrote: > >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. > A few years ago, Outlook sent out an invitation to a conference the next week at 9:00 GMT-7. But the Spring DST change intervened: it should have said GMT-6. I made a trouble ticket to IT, which promptly replied that it's a known problem; Microsoft deems it WAD. But totally misleading for my colleagues in OZ. (Would Lotus do any better?)
>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. > Underreacher. Oh, you mean we should all operate on China time; majority rules. Might happen. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
