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

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> > Which argues for including the local time when the event will take place. If
> > you want to mandate that the time also appear in UTC, great, but it's quite
> > important that the local time also be there.

> And local time should be normative to deal with such unforeseen
> circumstances as a papal visit.  From the southamerica file in the TZ
> database:

> # From Daniel C. Sobral (1998-02-12):
> # In 1997, the DS began on October 6. The stated reason was that
> # because international television networks ignored Brazil's policy on DS,
> # they bought the wrong times on satellite for coverage of Pope's visit.
> # This year, the ending date of DS was postponed to March 1
> # to help dealing with the shortages of electric power.

> ;-)

Good point. I agree.

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