On 2/18/13 9:44 AM, Gene Wirchenko wrote: > At 17:53 2013-02-17, Paul McNett <p...@ulmcnett.com> wrote: > > [snip] > >> It's a tricky problem yes. Just another argument that we'd all be better off >> thinking >> in UTC. > > Ha! Have you thought it through?
I was sort of kidding. > I live in -8. That means at my local 4 P.M., it is UTC midnight. That > would > make "yesterday", "today", and "tomorrow" ambiguous. Well, "noon" and "midnight" would obviously still mean "the sun is at its approximate highest point" and "2 hours until the bars close". It's just that my midnight, like yours, would be around 08:00 UTC. Paul _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/512270f7.2040...@ulmcnett.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
