Sept. 4, 2013
11:21 a.m.
On Wed 2013-09-04T11:01:24 -0700, Paul Eggert hath writ:
But ordinary users won't care that time stamps in Aruba on February 12, 1912 from 04:35:47 to 04:40:24 UTC will have a UTC offset that differs by a few minutes. They just won't.
I request caution in making it clear to ordinary users that the name UTC cannot be proleptically extended to dates prior to 1960. No such concept existed in contemporary records. -- Steve Allen <sla@ucolick.org> WGS-84 (GPS) UCO/Lick Observatory--ISB Natural Sciences II, Room 165 Lat +36.99855 1156 High Street Voice: +1 831 459 3046 Lng -122.06015 Santa Cruz, CA 95064 http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/ Hgt +250 m