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From: brent@phoenix.UUCP (Brent P. Callaghan)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Date and time keeping
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Date: Fri, 17-May-85 09:28:24 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 17 09:28:24 1985
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> Some parts of the world have time zones that are not an integral number of
> hours different from Greenwich.  For instance, the middle part of Australia
> is 30 minutes different from its ends.
> 
> If you ever have to write software that stores time as GMT, and you ever want
> to sell it internationally, you would do well to remember this.
> -- 

Can't imagine much of a market in the middle of Australia.  :-)

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