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Article #1318Re: Daylight Savings Time vs. Macintosh
From: Ephraim Vishniac
Date: Mon, 06 May 1985 12:15
Date: Mon, 06 May 1985 12:15
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> In addition to the kitchen clock, the alarm clock, the VCR, the cable > converter, the ... I also have to change the clock on something that should > know better, namely my Mac. I had to do it last fall as well but with all the > talk about ROM upgrades and new system files maybe something can be done about > it. > ... > The algorithm is simple and not huge. How about it Apple? The algorithm may be simple and small, but not universal. Many areas in the U.S. are not on standard daylight savings time (pardon my oxymoron); some do not use daylight savings time at all. Will you add controls to the control panel for describing the local dst rules? Or will the Mac simply ask where you live? -- Ephraim Vishniac [apollo, bbncca, cadmus, decvax, harvard, linus, masscomp]!wanginst!vishniac vishniac%Wang-Inst@Csnet-Relay
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site wanginst.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!linus!wanginst!vishniac From: vishniac@wanginst.UUCP (Ephraim Vishniac) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: Re: Daylight Savings Time vs. Macintosh Message-ID: <544@wanginst.UUCP> Date: Mon, 6-May-85 08:15:21 EDT Article-I.D.: wanginst.544 Posted: Mon May 6 08:15:21 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 9-May-85 00:05:50 EDT References: <622@utcs.UUCP> Organization: Wang Institute, Tyngsboro, Ma. 01879 Lines: 17