Re: Daylight Savings Time vs. Macintosh

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From: Fritz Benedict
Date: Fri, 10 May 1985 18:32

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> >  ...There is no reason why my Mac can't automatically fool around with its
> > clock to handle daylight savings time...
> > -- 
> > Bruce Freeman	University of Toronto	{decvax|ihnp4|utzoo}!utcs!bjf
> 
> Don't limit your horizons.  When I step on a plane in N.Y. and get off
> at S.F., I want Mac to say, "Time to turn back the clock."  I'm sure
> there is some simple hardware solution. Now there is an interesting
> engineering question. :-)

Our VAX and SUNs (4.2bsd) know when to change from CST to CDT. 
Anyone know how many lines of code are involved?
-- 
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