Re: Internet Draft Final Submission Cut-Off Today

[Michael Tuexen]

On Feb 26, 2013, at 8:01 PM, Dale R. Worley wrote:

>> From: James Polk <jmp...@cisco.com>
>> 
>>> It used to be 5 PM Pacific, now it's 24:00 UTC.
>> 
>> It's always been 2400 UTC, but with all the daylight savings time 
>> adjustments from country to country changing from year to year, I 
>> have talked to the Secretariat before (and recently), and verified 
>> this is indeed 8pm ET, at least for those in the US.
> 
> Well, 2400 UTC is 8pm Eastern Daylight (i.e., summer) Time (GMT-4),
> but 7pm Eastern Standard Time (GMT-5).  So I'd ask *when* did the
> Secretariat tell you that?
> 
> Personally, I'd trust "date -u" much sooner than any random person.
> Even better:
> 
>    $ date --date='00:00 Feb 26, 2013 UTC'
>    Mon Feb 25 19:00:00 EST 2013
>    $ 
Requires a Unix like system...
> 
> Dale
>