sarrel@cherokee.cis.ohio-state.edu (Marc Sarrel) (10/13/88)
I was thinking. Is Apple listening... ? :-) Wouldn't it be nice if Apple added timezone and timechange resources to the set of international resources. The timezone resource would simply contain the name of the timezone in which the computer is located and the offset (in hours) from GMT. The timechange resource would contain the dates and times when the timezone changes (like from daylight savings to standard time). I think this would be a really nice addition. Also, there could be a new time/date format that included the current time zone. Really, though, any decent computer system these days should take care of switching from daylight time to standard time automatically. Also, if you really want to get fancy, you could add a location resource that would contain the latitude, longitude and elevation of the mac. This would fit in nicely with the map resource. There could automatically be an entry for the machine on the map of the world. C'mon, Apple, if you can spend time to write the Map CDEV, certainly, you can take the time to add a couple of extra resources... -=- Marc Sarrel, Department of Computer and Information Science The Ohio State University; 2036 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH USA 43210-1277 sarrel@cis.ohio-state.edu "If you wanna have fun, go to Washington. Spokane!" -- Cleric Apton
nagel@paris.ics.uci.edu (Mark Nagel) (10/14/88)
In article <24520@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>, sarrel@cherokee (Marc Sarrel) writes: | Really, though, any decent computer |system these days should take care of switching from daylight time to |standard time automatically. Yes, it should even do this when Congress changes the daylight savings time period arbitrarily :-) Mark D. Nagel UC Irvine - Dept of Info and Comp Sci | The probability of someone nagel@ics.uci.edu (ARPA) | watching you is proportional to {sdcsvax|ucbvax}!ucivax!nagel (UUCP) | the stupidity of your action.
dmcintee@netxcom.UUCP (Dave McIntee) (10/14/88)
In article <24520@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> sarrel@cherokee.cis.ohio-state.edu (Marc Sarrel) writes: > >I was thinking. Is Apple listening... ? :-) > >Wouldn't it be nice if Apple added timezone and timechange resources >to the set of international resources. The timezone resource would >simply contain the name of the timezone in which the computer is >located and the offset (in hours) from GMT. The timechange resource Make that 15-minute increments from GMT, or there will be areas of the world that won't be covered. Take that from a worldwide express company. -- Dave McIntee NetExpress Communications, Inc. Phone: (703)749-2380 1953 Gallows Road, Suite 300 uucp: uunet!netxcom!dmcintee Vienna, VA 22180
paul@unisoft.UUCP (n) (10/17/88)
In article <1002@netxcom.UUCP> dmcintee@netxcom.UUCP (Dave McIntee) writes: >In article <24520@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> sarrel@cherokee.cis.ohio-state.edu (Marc Sarrel) writes: >> >>Wouldn't it be nice if Apple added timezone and timechange resources >>to the set of international resources. The timezone resource would > >Make that 15-minute increments from GMT, or there will be areas of the >world that won't be covered. Take that from a worldwide express company. And make sure it can handle: - Daylight savings - Places with local times > 12 hours before/prior GMT (such as Tonga) - Solar time (this is HARD - many Arab countries use the times the sun rises/sets rather than 'mechanical' time (maybe that's what the map DA is really for)) And make sure it works with A/UX .... (which, being Unix, uses GMT internally) ... at the moment during daylight savings my system is out by an hour when I switch between the two different OS's Paul -- Paul Campbell, UniSoft Corp. 6121 Hollis, Emeryville, Ca ..ucbvax!unisoft!paul Nothing here represents the opinions of UniSoft or its employees (except me) "Gorbachev is returning to the heritage of the great Lenin" - Ronald Reagan 1988 (then the Wasington Post attacked RR [from the right] for being a Leninist)
lsr@Apple.COM (Larry Rosenstein) (10/17/88)
In article <1331@unisoft.UUCP> paul@unisoft.UUCP (Paul Campbell) writes: > - Solar time (this is HARD - many Arab countries use the > times the sun rises/sets rather than 'mechanical' time > (maybe that's what the map DA is really for)) Correct. The Map cdev (or something like it) was originally part of the Arabic Interface System (AIS), because one of the Arabic calendars depends on where in the world you are. This allowed the user to enter his/her location so that the calendar would give the correct date. you forgot to include the ADB-compatible inertial guidance system, so the user would have to reset his/her location each time the machine moved. :-) Larry Rosenstein, Object Specialist Apple Computer, Inc. 20525 Mariani Ave, MS 46-B Cupertino, CA 95014 AppleLink:Rosenstein1 domain:lsr@Apple.COM UUCP:{sun,voder,nsc,decwrl}!apple!lsr
cyosta@taux01.UUCP (Yossie Silverman) (10/19/88)
In article <18916@apple.Apple.COM> lsr@Apple.COM (Larry Rosenstein) writes: > >you forgot to include the ADB-compatible inertial guidance system, so the >user would have to reset his/her location each time the machine moved. :-) > Well, I have always wanted the following: A small box which will report (within meters) where on earth you are located. The box does exist, in fact, but it is somewhat expensive nowadays. Maybe some enterprising young soul will work out how to mass produce these and then we can have the 'electronic map' that tells you how to get from where you are to anywhere. Of course this box would be useful in conjunction with the Map CDEV too.. :-) It would go nicely with the Activision business hypercard stack too. Imagin the executive no longer needing to tell the stack where he is, what a time saver. :-) Just joking. Or am I? -- Yossie Silverman What did the Caspian sea? National Semiconductor Ltd. (Israel) - Saki UUCP: taux01!yossie@nsc.UUCP NSA LSD FBI KGB PCP CIA MOSAD NUCLEAR MI5 SPY ASSASSINATE SDI -- OOCLAY ITAY