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Re: [IETF] Re: IETF must use only UTC in its announcements (Was: Live Streaming of the IETF 88 Technical Plenary

Warren Kumari <warren@kumari.net> Wed, 30 October 2013 17:27 UTC

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Subject: Re: [IETF] Re: IETF must use only UTC in its announcements (Was: Live Streaming of the IETF 88 Technical Plenary
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On Oct 30, 2013, at 9:54 AM, joel jaeggli <joelja@bogus.com> wrote:

> 
> On Oct 30, 2013, at 7:24 AM, Scott Brim <scott.brim@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> One aspect of the problem is calendar apps.  Some rather popular ones don't have a way to enter UTC, only UK time eg. BST, so you need some local time somewhere to enter the event in your calendar.
> 
> And the United Kingdom and Great Britian are not on BST all year. Ghana on the other hand is.

So the obvious solution to this issue is to hold all our meetings in Chana from now on.

There, I solved it for you…

W


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