Wednesday, 16 September 2009
What does the following mean?
To most folks in the US it would mean: after lunch in the west.
To most in rest of the world: "Bah! They forgot there is a world outside their own, again!".
If you specify a time in your own time zone, also specify the corresponding UTC (aka GMT) time so people can easily calculate at what time the meeting is in theirs. Also adding the actual date is good right next to the time. Don't rely on the date of the email itself, or saying something like "Later today..".
The burden is on the writer, not the reader!
BTW, that example comes straight from an "internal only email". GRRrr.
WHEN: 1:00 pm Pacific Time
To most folks in the US it would mean: after lunch in the west.
To most in rest of the world: "Bah! They forgot there is a world outside their own, again!".
If you specify a time in your own time zone, also specify the corresponding UTC (aka GMT) time so people can easily calculate at what time the meeting is in theirs. Also adding the actual date is good right next to the time. Don't rely on the date of the email itself, or saying something like "Later today..".
The burden is on the writer, not the reader!
BTW, that example comes straight from an "internal only email". GRRrr.
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Surely you have a script in your shell-profile to translate times...
That's the whole point: the writer should use that shell-script (or whatever tool), not the reader.
Yes, but people are stupid and use Microsoft toys. Fighting windmills is pointless.
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