Nathan Myers > INTERNET:ncm@cantrip.org wrote:

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Clearly the only sensible approach to time would be [something] ... However, it's a waste of everybody's time and attention to discuss this here. We techies are constrained to chase after whatever foolish decisions are made in the parliaments and politburos of world. This list is about details of that chase.

From: Chris Carrier <72157.3334@CompuServe.COM>

The current list is divided many ways as to what relationship local mean time (LMT) should have to local clock time (LCT). ...

... And all such divisions are completely irrelevant, because nobody who decides about time zone law reads this list. Please take your opinions about national time zone policies someplace where they will make a difference. Nathan Myers ncm@cantrip.org