On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 01:24:20PM -0700, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > >>>>> "Sean" == Sean P DeNigris <[email protected]> writes: > > Sean> In New York (EST), "DateAndTime epoch" -> "1901-01-01T00:00:00-04:00" > (Squeak > Sean> epoch offset by local timezone). Can that be right? It must be > constant, no? > > But it's not even EST right now (it's EDT), so this has nothing to do > with the current time offset, in case that helps. :) >
"DateAndTime epoch" refers to the Smalltalk epoch, which is an undefined entity. As long as the value contains 1901-01-01T00:00:00 it is not proveably wrong, because the "definition" of the Smalltalk epoch does not specify if it is intended to refer to a point in time measured in Palo Alto, California, Greenwich England, or New York City. So no, it is not a constant. Dave
