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<l.wood@surrey.ac.uk> Thu, 31 October 2013 05:43 UTC

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Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 05:42:44 +0000
Subject: RE: IETF must use only UTC in its announcements (Was: Live Streaming of the IETF 88 Technical Plenary
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No, Ghana is on GMT, which is equivalent to the time still used British winters. But Ghana has policy control over the offset it chooses...
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=4

The nearer the equator you are, the less you need daylight savings.

If you read "Seize the Daylight: The Curious and Contentious Story of Daylight Saving Time", you'll come to loathe William Willett and all he stood for.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Willett

Lloyd Wood
http://sat-net.com/L.Wood/


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From: ietf-bounces@ietf.org [ietf-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of joel jaeggli [joelja@bogus.com]
Sent: 30 October 2013 16:54
To: Scott Brim
Cc: ned+ietf; Carsten Bormann; IETF Discuss
Subject: Re: IETF must use only UTC in its announcements (Was: Live Streaming   of the IETF 88 Technical Plenary

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.

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