Pat Bensky writes: >The only thing I'm not sure about is how various time zones change in their >relationship to GMT (eg Summer Time etc.) For example if Country A is >normally on GMT -8 but they're currently on Summer Time so 7AM in that >time zone is CurrentHourGMT-8+1, how do we account for that?
Ya gotta have a database and you gotta maintain it, because the rules change for a range of reasons. This takes me back to my programming infancy in 1988 when I created a Hypercard stack that was filled with all the countries and major cities of the world. I'm a geography fan, so I thoroughly enjoyed do the research (pre-internet). You entered your local time and selected the city/country you wanted to know the time in and it would look it up and display it. The stack was called "What Time?" and it got an award from the Boston Computer Society. I distributed it as shareware (remember that concept?) and I sold about 10 licenses. Even got an order from Switzerland. Fulfillment was by mail. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Sorry for the diversion. Tom Benedict Optum This e-mail, including attachments, may include confidential and/or proprietary information, and may be used only by the person or entity to which it is addressed. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient or his or her authorized agent, the reader is hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by replying to this message and delete this e-mail immediately. ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
