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From: kevinc@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM (Kevin E Cosgrove)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.mh
Subject: Re: Timezone interpretation problem
Keywords: date, timezone, hemispheres
Message-ID: <6808@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM>
Date: 20 Aug 90 14:00:19 GMT
References: <123900@pyramid.pyramid.com>
Reply-To: kevinc@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM (Kevin E Cosgrove)
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.
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In article <123900@pyramid.pyramid.com> bgg@pyramid.pyramid.com ( R+D Australia) writes:
[lots of stuff deleted]
>Numeric timezones are the only unambiguous way to print timezones.
>They are also easiest to use when comparing times.  Can I suggest that
>in the next MH distribution, that the timezone names be commented out
>(or removed)?  If people want them, they can uncomment them.
>
>	Ben Golding <bgg@pta.oz.au>

I agree with your problem statement, but I'd much prefer to see the code
#ifdef'd rather than commented out.

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Kevin Cosgrove <kevinc@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM>