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From: std-unix@ut-sally.UUCP (Moderator, John Quarterman)
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Subject: Re: Time Zones; V5N10
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Date: Tue, 7-Jan-86 22:45:44 EST
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Date: Tue, 7 Jan 86 11:10:22 pst
From: usenix!fair@UCBVAX.BERKELEY.EDU (Erik E. Fair)

This is as much a human interface issue as anything else, and I assert
that it is wrong to force a system administrator (or anyone else) to
think in other than his own time zone. The only exception to this rule
that I can imagine is in networking, wherein it is easiest if all
timestamps are in GMT (or some other absolute measure) so that
calculation of the relative times of various network wide events is
simpler.

	Erik E. Fair	ucbvax!fair	fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu

Volume-Number: Volume 5, Number 10