Comment Control (Jun 03 2009)

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Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 5059 Credit: 40,909,400 RAC: 52,865	Message 904096 - Posted: 5 Jun 2009, 20:42:07 UTC - in response to Message 904048. Last modified: 5 Jun 2009, 20:42:37 UTC
	I believe that the Aussie Time zones are usually abbreviated "CAST", "EAST" and "WAST" to prevent this confusion. (for ___ Australian Standard Time, the ___ being Central, Eastern, and Western...) Maybe overseas, but not here. The abreviations only change from WST, CST & EST when daylight saving confusion kicks in. ____________ Grant Darwin NT.
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Ingleside Volunteer developer Send message Joined: 4 Feb 03 Posts: 1536 Credit: 3,340,065 RAC: 1,913	Message 904970 - Posted: 7 Jun 2009, 21:06:11 UTC - in response to Message 904096.
	Maybe overseas, but not here. The abreviations only change from WST, CST & EST when daylight saving confusion kicks in. Well, it doesn't make things better, that CST also stands for "China standard time" = UTC+8, and for "Cuba Standard Time" = UTC-5... So, CST = -6 -5 +8 +9.5 = ... Hmm, should it be summed, or averaged, or... EST isn't better, since EST = -5 -3 +2 +10 Only WST has really any meaning, since WST = +8 Or for that matter, PST = -8 +5 +8 It's much better to use UTC +- than using any of these abbrevations that clearly isn't unique. ____________ "I make so many mistakes. But then just think of all the mistakes I don't make, although I might."
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Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 5059 Credit: 40,909,400 RAC: 52,865	Message 904982 - Posted: 7 Jun 2009, 21:41:54 UTC - in response to Message 904970.
	It's much better to use UTC +- than using any of these abbrevations that clearly isn't unique. Unfortunately most people wouldn't know what UTC is (although they may have heard of GMT), let alone how many hours forward or back it is from their time zone. ____________ Grant Darwin NT.
	ID: 904982 ·

perryjay Send message Joined: 20 Aug 02 Posts: 3359 Credit: 9,658,147 RAC: 10,245	Message 904985 - Posted: 7 Jun 2009, 21:50:58 UTC
	Maybe overseas, but not here. The abreviations only change from WST, CST & EST when daylight saving confusion kicks in. That's another whole ball of wax. Trying to keep up with daylight savings time. Some people don't observe it. Also, when we here in the States are changing one way Australia is changing the other way. Spring here is fall there. UTC doesn't change but it helps to know which way someone is going when you try to tell them what time it is. ____________ PROUD MEMBER OF Team Starfire World BOINC
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Zydor Send message Joined: 4 Oct 03 Posts: 172 Credit: 491,020 RAC: 0	Message 905003 - Posted: 7 Jun 2009, 22:21:18 UTC - in response to Message 904985.
	........... Trying to keep up with daylight savings time. Some people don't observe it. Also, when we here in the States are changing one way Australia is changing the other way. Spring here is fall there. Yup and this one has been tossed around since the dawn of time ..... pun intended ..... and each tine it has, we always get back to a constant reference point, GMT/UTC (still mystifies me why some clown started up "UTC" its the same damn thing as "GMT" - talk about reinventing the ego wheel}. UTC doesn't change but it helps to know which way someone is going when you try to tell them what time it is. Sure does, and as more people get involved, and more discuss it yet again, we will have more understanding that the easiest way round the whole nightmare is a peg in the ground and refer everything to that peg (GMT/UTC) - then at least we only have two times (at least most do) to cope with, the summer and winter version which is only an hour apart. Its not rocket science, and most get it when meeting up with it - the rest? Well I guess they will still go through life being an hour early or an hour late for work twice a year - aint that life :) Regards Zy ____________
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RandyC Send message Joined: 20 Oct 99 Posts: 714 Credit: 1,704,345 RAC: 0	Message 905226 - Posted: 8 Jun 2009, 15:58:29 UTC - in response to Message 905003. Last modified: 8 Jun 2009, 15:59:01 UTC
	Yup and this one has been tossed around since the dawn of time ..... pun intended ..... and each tine it has, we always get back to a constant reference point, GMT/UTC (still mystifies me why some clown started up "UTC" its the same damn thing as "GMT" - talk about reinventing the ego wheel}. They did it for the same reasons Historians quit using B.C./A.D. and went to BCE/CE when referring to dates: It's the Politically Correct thing to do. It's just so plain stupid... [edit] spelling[/edit]
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Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 10324 Credit: 5,093,663 RAC: 6,200	Message 905324 - Posted: 8 Jun 2009, 23:27:26 UTC - in response to Message 905003.
	Yup and this one has been tossed around since the dawn of time ..... pun intended ..... and each tine it has, we always get back to a constant reference point, GMT/UTC (still mystifies me why some clown started up "UTC" its the same damn thing as "GMT" - talk about reinventing the ego wheel}. But GMT isn't UTC. Well maybe if you don't care about anything less than a couple of seconds difference. There are people who do. GMT is based on how fast the earth turns. That isn't a stable rate. UTC is based on how fast caesium vibrates. That is a stable rate. Every so often UTC has to be adjusted to keep within a second of GMT. That is when you hear about a leap second. ____________
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Ingleside Volunteer developer Send message Joined: 4 Feb 03 Posts: 1536 Credit: 3,340,065 RAC: 1,913	Message 905424 - Posted: 9 Jun 2009, 5:02:39 UTC - in response to Message 905324.
	But GMT isn't UTC. Well maybe if you don't care about anything less than a couple of seconds difference. There are people who do. GMT is based on how fast the earth turns. That isn't a stable rate. UTC is based on how fast caesium vibrates. That is a stable rate. Every so often UTC has to be adjusted to keep within a second of GMT. That is when you hear about a leap second. For 99.999% of people, a couple seconds difference between UTC and GMT has zero meaning and zero influence, and most doesn't even know there are a difference. Many doesn't even know there's anything called UTC. If you're looking at the 100-meter sprint or something, a couple seconds is a huge difference, and everyone would see the difference. The difference between the clocks being 06:57:46 or 06:57:47 on the other hand is for most irrelevant, the bus or train or whatever doesn't go exactly on the second anyway... Would guess, most peoples watches shows more than 1 seconds error from the "correct" time anyway... ____________ "I make so many mistakes. But then just think of all the mistakes I don't make, although I might."
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WinterKnight Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 6815 Credit: 17,133,051 RAC: 26,840	Message 905432 - Posted: 9 Jun 2009, 5:57:13 UTC
	The max difference allowed between UTC and GMT is 0.9 sec. And usually is corrected long before that.
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KWSN THE Holy Hand Grenade! Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 20 Dec 05 Posts: 1595 Credit: 4,429,376 RAC: 4,225	Message 905843 - Posted: 10 Jun 2009, 17:15:21 UTC - in response to Message 904982.
	It's much better to use UTC +- than using any of these abbrevations that clearly isn't unique. Unfortunately most people wouldn't know what UTC is (although they may have heard of GMT), let alone how many hours forward or back it is from their time zone. My guess - aside from the earth rotation/ceasium vibration bit - is that they came up with UTC to get away from the "Greenwich" that is in the GMT acronym. The "UTC" acronyom is from French words, BTW. In English, the acronym should be "CUT" for "Coordinated Universal Time". ____________ .
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John McCallum Send message Joined: 5 Dec 04 Posts: 793 Credit: 216,147 RAC: 196	Message 905852 - Posted: 10 Jun 2009, 17:30:25 UTC - in response to Message 905843.
	It's much better to use UTC +- than using any of these abbreviations that clearly isn't unique. Unfortunately most people wouldn't know what UTC is (although they may have heard of GMT), let alone how many hours forward or back it is from their time zone. My guess - aside from the earth rotation/caesium vibration bit - is that they came up with UTC to get away from the "Greenwich" that is in the GMT acronym. The "UTC" acronym is from French words, BTW. In English, the acronym should be "CUT" for "Coordinated Universal Time". If I remember my history the French wanted the Meridian to run through Paris but as the British were more convincing/forceful(courtesy of Harrison's chronometer) we won that round,They never forgave us and Universal Co-ordinated Time sounds just as good to me. ____________ To get back my youth I would do any thing in the world EXCEPT take Exercize,GET up early or be RESPECTABLE.
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Nicolas Send message Joined: 30 Mar 05 Posts: 160 Credit: 10,335 RAC: 0	Message 905872 - Posted: 10 Jun 2009, 18:16:14 UTC - in response to Message 905843.
	The "UTC" acronyom is from French words, BTW. In English, the acronym should be "CUT" for "Coordinated Universal Time". Not quite. In English it would be CUT, and in French it would be TUC. They couldn't decide which to use, so as a compromise they picked a third alternative that is grammatically wrong in both languages :) ____________ Contribute to the Wiki!
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KWSN THE Holy Hand Grenade! Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 20 Dec 05 Posts: 1595 Credit: 4,429,376 RAC: 4,225	Message 905888 - Posted: 10 Jun 2009, 18:49:58 UTC - in response to Message 905872.
	Actually, according to Wikipedia, here, UTC is a compromise backronym as the time body wanted an "universal" acronym that would fit all languages. ____________ .
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Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 11987 Credit: 18,081,641 RAC: 55,219	Message 905896 - Posted: 10 Jun 2009, 19:23:23 UTC - in response to Message 905888.
	Actually, according to Wikipedia, here, UTC is a compromise backronym as the time body wanted an "universal" acronym that would fit all languages. Fixed your link (had to take off the trailing "/"). ____________
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KWSN THE Holy Hand Grenade! Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 20 Dec 05 Posts: 1595 Credit: 4,429,376 RAC: 4,225	Message 906247 - Posted: 11 Jun 2009, 17:36:22 UTC - in response to Message 905896.
	Actually, according to Wikipedia, here, UTC is a compromise backronym as the time body wanted an "universal" acronym that would fit all languages. Fixed your link (had to take off the trailing "/"). oops! :blush: ____________ .
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DJStarfox Send message Joined: 23 May 01 Posts: 1040 Credit: 485,117 RAC: 71	Message 906266 - Posted: 11 Jun 2009, 19:46:26 UTC - in response to Message 903336.
	In any case, it's human controlled and therefore prone to error. Hmm... nothing a little awk, sed, and cron couldn't fix.
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