Re: [LEAPSECS] cultural expectations of time

2013-02-23 Thread Peter Vince
Thanks Rob. I was sure that Google had such a facility, but couldn't find it. :-( On 23 February 2013 14:29, Rob Seaman wrote: > The Google Translate version is relatively readable. Just copy the URL into > the "from" side: > > http://translate.google.com > > and let it auto detect the

Re: [LEAPSECS] cultural expectations of time

2013-02-23 Thread Rob Seaman
The Google Translate version is relatively readable. Just copy the URL into the "from" side: http://translate.google.com and let it auto detect the language. It's only logical that Jean-Claude Killy would personally request everybody switch to permanent winter time :-) Rob -- On Feb

Re: [LEAPSECS] cultural expectations of time

2013-02-23 Thread Peter Vince
Hi Steve, Sadly my command of Russian isn't up to the task :-( I couldn't quickly find a link to an English-language version - might you have a link for such a translation? Thank you, Peter On 23 February 2013 05:58, Steve Allen wrote: > This is as seen on the tz mail lis

[LEAPSECS] cultural expectations of time

2013-02-22 Thread Steve Allen
This is as seen on the tz mail list, but relevant for the folks who are considering the future of UTC as well. http://izvestia.ru/news/544409 Russia seems to be deciding to move back to permanent winter time instead of permanent summer time. Quite fascinating is the repeated use of the phrase "as