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From: tron@wpi.wpi.edu (Richard G Brewer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Wish List item for HyperCard 2.0
Keywords: Buttons, icons, shapes, fonts
Message-ID: <1828@wpi.wpi.edu>
Date: 11 Apr 89 00:34:52 GMT
References: <1100@atux01.UUCP> <4790@charon.unm.edu> <6914@hoptoad.uucp> <1793@wpi.wpi.edu> <11285@well.UUCP> <25181@amdcad.AMD.COM>
Reply-To: tron@wpi.wpi.edu (Richard G Brewer)
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Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA. USA
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In article <25181@amdcad.AMD.COM> ching@pepsi.AMD.COM (Mike Ching) writes:
>In article <11285@well.UUCP> svc@well.UUCP (Leonard Rosenthol) writes:
> >In article <1793@wpi.wpi.edu>, tron@wpi.wpi.edu (Richard G Brewer) writes:
> >> [Would like to see the U.S. System handle DST/ST automagically]
> >> 
> >	There is one obvious (and one not so obvious) reason why this is not
> >built into the system software and that is even though it is the U.S. System 
> >it is STILL used by people outside the U.S!!  The non-obvous reason is that
>
>Another problem is what happens in places like Arizona and Hawaii that
>don't ever switch to daylight savings time. They would have to correct
>their clocks when nothing should have happened.

This could all be easily solved by activating/deactivating the auto-time
change through a check box on the control panel CDEV...

You could also set the dates manually from the C.P., thus effectively
eliminating the argument that changing dates would screw it up... 

- Richard G. Brewer
 
tron@wpi.wpi.edu
rbrewer@wpi.bitnet