> I wish all computers did time-date stamps in Zulu, and only translated
> to local time as needed.
Hear, hear!
> (Heck, I wish Daylight Savings Time would go away, and wouldn't be
> adverse if local time would go away.)
Hear, hear!
BTW, I always feel sorry for the Zulus -- there's a time zone out there
with their name on it and it's not theirs. :-(
> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:06:41 -0600
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Efficient conversion of GMT to/from local time from COBOL?
> To: [email protected]
>
> On 30 Oct 2008 03:11:32 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Gilmartin)
> wrote:
>
> >Will these get the Daylight Saving Time offset correct for dates both
> >before and after 2006 (in the U.S.)?
> >
> >Will these get the Leap Second offset correct for dates back to 1972
> >when leap seconds were instituted? (How do "Lilian" seconds account
> >for Leap Seconds? If done correctly there's a simple affine conversion
> >from (E)TOD values to Lilian seconds.)
>
>
> I'm curious. What business needs do you have that require past
> Daylight Savings Times and leap seconds?
>
> I wish all computers did time-date stamps in Zulu, and only translated
> to local time as needed.
>
> (Heck, I wish Daylight Savings Time would go away, and wouldn't be
> adverse if local time would go away. China is on one time zone and
> it doesn't hurt them).
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