----- Original Message -----
From: "Tristan McLeay" <zsau@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: CHAT: Timezones was The English/French counting system
> On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, Ian Spackman wrote:
>
> > Of course, there's no particular reason to stick to GMT - except that,
once
> > you've got international agreement on a standard, its pretty daft to
open
> > the can of worms again by trying to change it without a very good
reason.
>
> Don't forget that if you based it from just about anywhere else, some
> continent would be split between two days; as it is, the IDL goes
> practically bam-smack through the Pacific. This is the primary reason _I_
> wouldn't move it.
>
> --
> Tristan <kesuari@...>
>
> Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still
> be a dog. Sigh! There's so little hope for advancement.
> -- Snoopy
>
>