Need info on GMT/DST issues

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From: D.B. Robinson
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 1986 22:20

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Sorry to bother.  Some time ago there was a discussion in one of these
newsgroups about the time on a network, its format and its
ramifications.  Well, this issue is now rearing its ugly head at the
company I work for.  Some people here want to REMOVE both the idea of
GMT and DST from the UNIX we sell altogether.  Remarkably enough this
product is being designed for a NETWORK environment with a version of a
remote file system!

Could those of you who know which software packages would break when
this is done please Email me a quick note of what and why?

You too could end up on one of our systems - help stamp out local time
only systems!!!

Many thanks in advance.  If sufficient demand warrants, I will post a
summary.

Douglas Robinson	jobs don't kill programmers, programmers kill jobs
The Foxboro Company
MS 04-3A		cybvax0!foxvax5!dbr
38 Neponset Avenue
Foxboro, MA 02035	617/543-8750

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From: dbr@foxvax5.UUCP (D.B. Robinson )
Newsgroups: net.internat,net.lan,net.news.sa,net.unix-wizards
Subject: Need info on GMT/DST issues
Message-ID: <290@foxvax5.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 2-Jun-86 18:20:41 EDT
Article-I.D.: foxvax5.290
Posted: Mon Jun  2 18:20:41 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 4-Jun-86 07:44:53 EDT
Reply-To: dbr@foxvax5.UUCP (D.B. Robinson (Douglas))
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Organization: Foxboro Company, Inc., Foxboro, MA 02035
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Keywords: time, GMT, DST, locattime