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From: tim@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Maroney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Wish List item for HyperCard 2.0
Keywords: Buttons, icons, shapes, fonts
Message-ID: <6938@hoptoad.uucp>
Date: 9 Apr 89 05:56:45 GMT
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Reply-To: tim@hoptoad.UUCP (Tim Maroney)
Organization: Eclectic Software, San Francisco
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In article <1793@wpi.wpi.edu> tron@wpi.wpi.edu (Richard G Brewer) writes:
>Well, this isn't exactly a wish for HC 2.0, BUT I think that it a relivant
>wish (for conveinence, if nothing else :^) ). I would like to the the US
>version of the Macintosh Software automatically recognize and compensate for
>daylight savings time (i.e. automatically turn the clock forward/back).

Ah yes, all we need is for the Macintosh to read the newspapers so it can
keep up with acts of Congress.  During the energy crisis, DST was greatly
extended, and there is now legislation on the floor which would extend DST
to past Election Day every four years to help with a uniform poll closing
time.  There is no algorithmic way to determine whether we are in Daylight
Savings Time or not....
-- 
Tim Maroney, Consultant, Eclectic Software, sun!hoptoad!tim
"The men promise to provide unconditionally for their wives.  The women in turn
serve unconditionally to provide the other household services necessary for the
men to fulfill their obligations to the women.  The women are satisfied because
they have the men working for THEM." -- Colin Jenkins, soc.women