Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!ucla-cs!twinsun!usenet From: eggert@twinsun.com (Paul Eggert) Newsgroups: news.software.b Subject: `GMT' -> `UT' in news header dates Message-ID: <1991Mar25.030637.8126@twinsun.com> Date: 25 Mar 91 03:06:37 GMT Sender: usenet@twinsun.com Organization: Twin Sun, Inc Lines: 5 Nntp-Posting-Host: burns Shouldn't news software eventually switch from saying `GMT' to saying `UT' in the date lines of news headers? `UT' is in the standard, it has a more international flavor than the English-centric `GMT', and it's one byte shorter. C News didn't support `UT' until its just-released patch set, so we shouldn't change to `UT' right now, but why not head in that direction eventually?