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

Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@nic.fr> Wed, 30 October 2013 08:37 UTC

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Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 09:36:12 +0100
From: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@nic.fr>
To: Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org>
Subject: Re: IETF must use only UTC in its announcements (Was: Live Streaming of the IETF 88 Technical Plenary
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On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 09:25:59AM +0100,
 Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org> wrote 
 a message of 16 lines which said:

> I don’t know about “only UTC" for events that are also visited
> locally, but giving the UTC time as well would be a good idea.

My experience with international organizations is that, when you
indicate the time in two zones, there is often a discrepancy. With
only one zone, there is no doubt about the real value.

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