Hi everyone, Independent on which timezone we use, this will result in conflicts in some regions. I agree with Bob that for US/EU this would mean a shift in meeting time for months and might lead to meeting clashes with other non-OPNFV meetings. However, at the moment this problem is with Asia as they don’t have daylight saving times. So, this will mean pain for a large group of people in the one and the other case.
The benefit I see for using UTC times is that it would be easier to calculate the meeting times for the individual time zones. You don’t have to worry about PST/PDT etc… Furthermore, I guess everyone knows that his timezone is UTC+X so he can easily figure out the meeting time in his zone, whereas I have to be more careful to remember what is the delta between PST/PDT and CET/CEST. If we plan to go to UTC times and adapt meeting times to daylight saving, then, which daylight saving schedule to take into account? Note that US and Europe start/end daylight saving at different weeks, which has in the past often caused some confusion for some OPNFV meetings. Best regards, Gerald From: opnfv-tech-discuss-boun...@lists.opnfv.org [mailto:opnfv-tech-discuss-boun...@lists.opnfv.org] On Behalf Of Bob Monkman Sent: Sonntag, 4. Dezember 2016 23:44 To: Raymond Paik <rp...@linuxfoundation.org>; opnfv-tech-discuss@lists.opnfv.org Subject: Re: [opnfv-tech-discuss] Discussion on UTC vs. Pacific Time Ray, I am flexible if folks in the majority wish to switch to UTC. Like others have mentioned, all of my company meetings are pretty much set to US time. When my Armband call is set to PST, there is confusion and shift 1-3 weeks at DST times- the UTC would shift times for months and cause us to request other meetings to shift for the same period. I would prefer therefore to _not_ change. Bob From: opnfv-tech-discuss-boun...@lists.opnfv.org<mailto:opnfv-tech-discuss-boun...@lists.opnfv.org> [mailto:opnfv-tech-discuss-boun...@lists.opnfv.org] On Behalf Of Raymond Paik Sent: Friday, December 2, 2016 10:33 AM To: opnfv-tech-discuss@lists.opnfv.org<mailto:opnfv-tech-discuss@lists.opnfv.org> Subject: [opnfv-tech-discuss] Discussion on UTC vs. Pacific Time All, Another follow-up from the TSC... Over the past couple of years, we've had discussions on whether meetings like TSC or Release call times should be based on Pacific Time (as has been the tradition since OPNFV started) or if the community should move to UTC. UTC obviously has the benefit of not changing with Daylight Savings/Summer time switches twice a year in North America/Europe. When we last had the discussion, a large number of people preferred staying with Pacific Time as most of their work meetings (esp. outside of OPNFV) are based on their local timezones and not UTC. If we're to move to UTC here's how the meeting times will change for the TSC call in Pacific and Central European Timezones. Standard Time (now) * PT: 07:00 * CET: 16:00 * UTC: 15:00 * China: 23:00 Daylight Savings/Summer Time (March-November in 2017) * PT: 08:00 * CET: 17:00 * UTC: 15:00 * China: 23:00 Can you reply to the email with your comments/preference on UTC. vs Pacific Time? Thanks, Ray IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. Thank you.
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