In a recent note, Klaus Weide said:

> Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 10:47:32 -0600 (CST)
> 
> > The way the International Date Line snakes around,
> > is it possible that two time zones are more than 24 hours apart?  This
> > is particularly likely since "Millennial Island" renamed itself and
> > unilaterally bent the IDL to its east in a recent publicity stunt.
> 
> So let them suffer for it.
> 
Unfortunately, it's people in Honolulu or Fairbanks who'll connect
to "Millennial Island"'s FTP server; encounter dates two dates in
the future, suffer, and whine on this list.

Pedantically yours,
gil
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