On Thu, Jul 04, 2002 at 10:55:37AM +0100, Ed Form <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 20:45 03/07/2002 -0400, Rich Lafferty wrote:
>
> > Funny, I find them quite convenient. :-)
> > (Seriously -- 25 of 26 timezones will dislike any default. That's why
> > you're prompted to select one. In my experience, there's no reason to
> > think that desktop machines on the same network will be configured
> > right -- especially when it comes to timezones that observe daylight
> > savings time. In the time it's taken me to write this, I could've
> > chosen thirty timezones.)
>
> This would be good if the prompt actually resulted in the timezone being
> correctly set. It doesn't! In precisely the same infuriating way that the
> MS-Windows setups ask where you are and then continue to offer US options,
> your setup asks where you are and then ignores the answer and sets your
> timezone for USA East anyway.
Just a reminder: We can't fix things until we know about them, and the
way to make us know about them is <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
Thanks,
-Rich
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