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From: yfcw14@castle.ed.ac.uk (K P Donnelly)
Newsgroups: comp.std.internat
Subject: Re: What time is it? [Was: Data compression standard]
Message-ID: <11329@castle.ed.ac.uk>
Date: 27 Jun 91 12:24:35 GMT
References: <859@spam.ua.oz> <3761@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au> <shores.677707660@fergvax> 	<1991Jun25.001607.28886@redsox.bsw.com> <ENAG.91Jun25161013@gyda.ifi.uio.no>
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If I received a message with a time stamp of
          1991-06-25 15:51:27 +02:00
I would assume, if I didn't know better, that it had been sent at
17:51 Universal Time, since 15+2=17.  In fact, of course, it was sent at
          1991-06-25 13:51:27

Anyone agree with me that the sign convention for time-zones is unfortunate?

   Kevin Donnelly