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Re: CHAT: Timezones was The English/French counting system

From:Jean-François Colson <bn130627@...>
Date:Wednesday, September 17, 2003, 10:08
----- 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 > >