Good point Stace, Not all places have daylight savings, and they dont all change on the same day the USA does. And south of the equator, they change in the opposite direction to the USA.
The closer a place is to the equator, the less is the difference in daylight hours between the equinoxes, and therefore there is less need for daylight savings time changes. In fact in most tropical zones they dont even have four seasons. Then as you get closer to the poles, the difference in daylight hours is so huge that an hour's daylight savings is hardly relevant. In Australia, for example, Queensland in the north, most of which is in the tropics, has no daylight savings change. The more southern states, in more temperate zones and heading down towards the antarctic have a need for daylight savings. But political pressures often make the states change the dates they change on.(e.g. the NSW government changed our dates in 2000 to suit the TV channels broadcasting the Olympics). So these factors add up to meaning that daylight savings is on (or not) in different parts of the world at different times, and in different directions. If you want to allow for daylight savings, you'll need to do some research into which states in which countries change, and when. Then you'll need to keep your research updated. Perhaps there's a database somewhere. Does anyone know? Or instead just stick to GMT and let the users do their own adjustments. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com .com,.net,.org domains from AUD$20/Year On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 16:00:46 -0500, Stacy Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm looking to add a timezone preference to a reporting tool. It > defaults to our current timezone of EST but allows the user to adjust to > their timezone accordingly. All records displayed on screen (or > downloaded) from that point on, the date is adjusted to reflect their > timezone preference. > > My question is someone asked about Daylight Savings and how that would > affect people in other parts of the world. Is this something that one > would need to account for? As far as I know it's hit and miss as to who > actually follows it...and since our timezone options are based off GMT, > does it even matter ?? > > Appreciate any insight, > > Cheers, > Stace > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:186368 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
