UTC is the more global term IMO. I have often found that when people see GMT 
they assume it means "the time in England" and thus get all messed up at the 
daylight-savings boundaries.

S.

On 8 Jun 2011, at 12:00, Tom Davies wrote:

> +1 on all counts.
> 
> Perhaps GMT might be better than UTC?  (Is UTC an American thing or a Unix 
> thing? Answers to that off-list if at all please)
> Regards from
> Tom :)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Italo Vignoli <[email protected]>
> To: TDF Marketing <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wed, 8 June, 2011 10:34:41
> Subject: [libreoffice-marketing] Media Contacts for TDF
> 
> I've realized that our contact section in the website and press releases 
> might 
> be misleading, as we declare the country where we are based but this might be 
> interpreted that we are the contacts for that specific geography. I suggest 
> to 
> change with "based in ..." or with a time zone (UTC+ or UTC-). Maybe the 
> second 
> option is the best one.
> 
> UTC, by the way, doesn't seem to be widely understood (but this might just be 
> a 
> wrong perception).
> 
> This is the text:
> 
> *** Media Contacts for TDF
> 
> Florian Effenberger (Germany)
> Mobile: +49 151 14424108 - E-mail: [email protected]
> Olivier Hallot (Brazil)
> Mobile: +55 21 88228812 - E-mail: [email protected]
> Charles H. Schulz (France)
> Mobile: +33 6 98655424 - E-mail: [email protected]
> Italo Vignoli (Italy)
> Mobile: +39 348 5653829 - E-mail: [email protected]
> 
> Of course, this is for global press releases, while is appropriate for local 
> press releases to have a different media contacts section.
> 
> Opinions? Suggestions? Solutions?
> 
> -- Italo Vignoli
> [email protected]
> mobile +39.348.5653829
> VoIP +39.02.320621813
> skype italovignoli
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