Re: [Tzdist] shepherd review and issues for draft-ietf-tzdist-caldav-timezone-ref

Cyrus Daboo <cyrus@daboo.name> Thu, 11 June 2015 16:16 UTC

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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 12:16:50 -0400
From: Cyrus Daboo <cyrus@daboo.name>
To: Steve Allen <sla@ucolick.org>
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Subject: Re: [Tzdist] shepherd review and issues for draft-ietf-tzdist-caldav-timezone-ref
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Hi Steve,

--On June 11, 2015 at 9:12:40 AM -0700 Steve Allen <sla@ucolick.org> wrote:

> I think this situation will happen indefinitely.  The Lick Observatory
> telescope schedules have always operated in a time zone where the new
> day begins at noon PST, or 20 hours behind Greenwich.  This will never
> be a standard timezone, but the de facto practice is unlikely to change.

As a matter of interest, do you know the reasoning behind that choice?

-- 
Cyrus Daboo