Hi Alexander,
on Wednesday, November 24, 1999, 10:56:56 PM GMT+0800, Alexander V. Kiselev wrote:
>> I would prefer it to always be in GMT (as pine does it), but I have
>> seen from my colleagues that the lcoal time is more appreciated by the
>> average user.
AVK> And I'll explain you why...
AVK> Suppose I worked hard all day teaching students, then returned
AVK> back home and composed a couple of message to a mailing list
AVK> (about 5-00PM my local time). Then suppose some American
AVK> like Steve Lamb (just for example) decided to reply to these. His
AVK> message will then start with:
AVK> ....., 1-00 PM, Alexander V. Kiselev wrote....
AVK> And suppose the head of our staff is the member of the same
AVK> mailing list....
In that case I would think your head of staff would know the meaning
of GMT, wouldn't s/he? ;-)
>> I think we discussed this on this list about last month or so.
>> The result was the suggestion to add "GMT+hhhh" hours to the
>> Reply Template (see above).
AVK> Yup, this is a workaround of course, but this doesn't solve the
AVK> problem itself I'd say.
But it clarifies what time is meant. You sent your message at 10:56pm
my time - but do you know that it is "my time", or does it look like
it could be "your time"? And do you know where "my time" is? A "time
zone indicator" is needed in international email, I think. And for me,
"09:00 GMT+0800" and "01:00 GMT" have the same meaning. No time zone
indicator causes confusion. With a time zone indicator, it really
doesn't matter whether you use Local Time or GMT. The average user
prefers Local Time.
>> Here is a suggestion: Add a %GMT macro, which would should the
>> difference between your local time zone and GMT.
AVK> Better add a %LTIME macro that would default to the local time
AVK> (this is how the %OTIME works currently), and modify the
AVK> %OTIME macro to show the time as it was stated in the
AVK> message headers, *without* the timezone correction.
Agree; better than my suggestion. Still it should show the time zone,
in order to avoid confusion. Imagine this lsit: some people prefer
%LTIME, otehr prefer %OTIME, how would you know who uses which?
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Best regards,
Thomas.
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