werner@ut-ngp.UUCP (Werner Uhrig) (05/18/85)
Good grief. have the machine keep time in GMT; allow the user to enter a little table-file to describe local idiosincracies of keeping time. Presto - problem solved - WORLD-WIDE. Is that really too hard? Time display is done again customized by user: GMT, local, NY, TIMBUKTU, or any other place in the world, so you can see as many different displays as you want. It's so simple, it's embarrassing.
sumacc@uwmacc.UUCP (Rick Keir) (05/23/85)
>Good grief. have the machine keep time in GMT; allow the user to enter >a little table-file to describe local idiosincracies of keeping time. Good grief. have the machine keep time in local time; allow the user to enter an update via "control panel" twice a year to handle local idioyncrasies of keeping daylight savings time. :-) Is everyone pulling my leg on this group with all these suggestions about how a personal computer needs code to deal with daylight savings time in all time zones...? KEEP THE TIME IN WHATEVER THE FNORD YOU WANT TO!!! Don't junk up my machine with code to replace a dozen keystrokes a year...I can handle it. -- Rick Keir -- MicroComputer Information Center, Rm 3130 MACC 1210 West Dayton St/U Wisconsin Madison/Mad WI 53706 {allegra, ihnp4, seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!sumacc (OR) uwvax!uwmacc!rick