> >THis will confuse most people outside the US. Please, times
> and dates in UTC, or for the older, GMT.
> >
> You don't give your fellow non-Americans nearly enough credit.
>
> Heck, even us dumb Americans understand some time zones
> outside our own
> country.

John's point is well taken, however. It would be courteous to post in
globally unambiguous terms, and convert locally. That's one of the nice
features of iCal-formatted event attachments -- during network transit, the
dates/times are expected to be in UTC and converted to local time when
received.

> Leave measurements in their native units, and let those who have to
> translate to another frame of reference take that responsibility.

Counter-argument: if it leaves your site, it's your responsibility to ensure
that it meets interoperability standards. What you do within your site is
your business; once it leaves your site, the rules are UTC and standard
formats.

It's probably never going to happen this way given the usual blockheadedness
of the average Joe, but on par, it's never going to change if someone
doesn't start the process.

-- db

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