Re: IRC on Wed

[Aaron Turner <aturner@linuxkb.org>]

Ah yes, how right you are.  Daylight savings time is so evil.  

On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Daniel E. Markle wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 14, 1999 at 10:47:16AM -0400, Robert Myers wrote:
> > isn't GMT -5 EDT?
> 
> No, EST is GMT -5, EDT is GMT -4.  The date command is your friend:
> 
> $ date --date="EST" -u
> Wed Jul 14 05:00:00 UTC 1999
> 
> $ date --date="EDT" -u
> Wed Jul 14 04:00:00 UTC 1999
> 
> As the default is 00:00, these show 00:00 EST is -5 UTC (GMT) and 00:00 EDT is
> -4 UTC (GMT).
> 
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> Daniel E. Markle
> syntax@ashtech.net
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> 

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