16.485 a Time Zone Project

From: Humanist Discussion Group (by way of Willard McCarty willard.mccarty@kcl.ac.uk)
Date: Thu Feb 13 2003 - 02:30:16 EST

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                   Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 16, No. 485.
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             Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 07:21:25 +0000
             From: lachance@chass.utoronto.ca (Francois Lachance)
             Subject: Time Zone Project

    Forwarded message:
    > From lachance Sat Apr 1 10:23:12 2000
    > > Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 10:23:12 -0500 (EST)

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    > If you have some students looking for a project whose successful completion
    > is guaranteed to return a modicum of fame and deep, abiding
    appreciation ...
    >
    > I bet a set of scripts to automate the creation of a time zone table based
    > upon the the geographical coordinates of a given set of participants
    > to a particular event or conference would fit the bill.
    >
    > I predict we will be seeing registration forms that ask people to name
    > the time zone from which they will be participating in an online meeting
    > or gathering. Already some of us are dating the publication of logs with
    > date stamps that also indicate the time zone since it is always another
    > day somewhere else on the globe.
    >
    > Excerpt from message which prompted the above...
    >
    > > Also, a new GMT conversion table has been added to the website. This
    table
    > > will allow you to determine the local time in your area based upon a
    given
    > > GMT. All times are based upon Daylight Saving Time (DST), which will
    be in
    > > effect for most of the United States, Europe, and Russia throughout the
    > > conference.
    > >
    > > All countries/cities listed represent areas close to most registrants.
    > > Please forgive us if your exact city is not listed.
    > >
    > > PreConference website is:
    > > http://naio.kcc.hawaii.edu/tcc2000/preconference/preconf.html
    > >
    > > -Karl
    >
    >
    > --
    > Francois Lachance
    > Post-doctoral Fellow
    > projet HYPERLISTES project
    > http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~hyplist/

    --
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    knows no "no exit" in a hypertext
    every cul-de-sac is an invitation to turn
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