[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Oct 8, 1:03 pm, Carsten Haese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 10:41 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> > For example, Windows has seperate listings for >> >> > Central America >> > Central Time (US & Canada) >> > Guadalahara, Mexico City, Monterry - New >> > Guadalahara, Mexico City, Monterry - Old >> > Saskatchewan >> >> > but they are all GMT-6 >> >> But they could have different rules for Daylight Saving Time. > > Which only matters if you're setting your clock.
That's BS. If I'm supposed to be attending a video-conference that spans a few continents which is scheduled using a web-app, it's VITAL that I get the invitation and reminder rendered in MY local timezone, DST included. And for the matter of """ There are only 25 timezones: -12, -11, ... -1, 0 (GMT), +1, ... +11, +12. """ who says that timezones have to be separated by one hour each? Why aren't they separated by 30minutes, or 20, or 10? Or 2 hours? Or why don't we have a global time? Your 25 timezones are an abstraction the same way as are the 400 apparently in use by people all over the world - and last time I checked, there was no fundamental law in physics or such that limited the allowed or sensible number of timezones... Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
