12 Apr
2001
12 Apr
'01
1:28 a.m.
Anthony Baxter wrote:
Using the short form of timezone names (e.g. "EST", "PST", &c.) is a good way to get yourself really, really, _really_ confused. Use the fuller 'Australia/Victoria' or 'United States/Pacific' forms.
Good point, but I'm lazy and a very poor typist. :-)
Or just use UTC/GMT. If your system writes down any records with datestamps in them, you may find horrible things happen to you as you switch on and off daylight savings.
For storage and logic I agree. But for display, users like to see the time in reference to 'current local'. -- Tim Cook, President - FreePM,Inc. http://www.FreePM.com Office: (901) 884-4126 ONLINE DEMO: http://www.freepm.org:8080/FreePM