From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 335EF1332 for ; Fri, 18 Sep 2015 20:31:29 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mail-ig0-f174.google.com (mail-ig0-f174.google.com [209.85.213.174]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B1E38183 for ; Fri, 18 Sep 2015 20:31:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by igcrk20 with SMTP id rk20so26202696igc.1 for ; Fri, 18 Sep 2015 13:31:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=e28L0sXklAAe433P2Tcweo9c4/Bmdfvxv2+boxb7nA4=; b=isZInV2F8RvZvpekeYMBMHUTsg10VcU1yNhVvdWqueJ+g7VuAC95QzYcdnqxlTrZhk ExZo9f+8jokOK88JVNorporzTLEwUe9DIo0JuD5YLmW81/jIW17qqm632jBfTPbi+CaO o6OKfNnzNgsHej++64YvZKKH1XS6yzeBEo7iFQdx7N27VL80iswcTJtf4GFvu5vwd2dt Y1S8b0Bt6pwmlAm7kUowqut+pNuZI9RCr2bX5nOb6Qz4fBScPorfwF9oFWfLAKGZq9VZ XFhZvLxsZJRhWTuw2L5BpPL3hoLWCfmFs4MREerqqLQghsRhs38wjOOqHGsyT488dIv8 wDlA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.143.10 with SMTP id sa10mr247582igb.66.1442608288188; Fri, 18 Sep 2015 13:31:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.107.19.30 with HTTP; Fri, 18 Sep 2015 13:31:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <55FC7394.4060901@mattcorallo.com> References: <20150918010709.GB5251@amethyst.visucore.com> <55FC70A5.9080603@mattcorallo.com> <55FC7394.4060901@mattcorallo.com> Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 20:31:28 +0000 Message-ID: From: Gregory Maxwell To: Matt Corallo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org Cc: Bitcoin development mailing list , Cory Fields , Pieter Wuille Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Weekly development meetings on IRC X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Development Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 20:31:29 -0000 On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 8:27 PM, Matt Corallo via bitcoin-dev wrote: > Google Calendar is localized, but has an option to change the timezone > of an event, it just doesnt have UTC in its options. So, yes, we should > use something that observes DST in roughly the same way as everyone else > - CEST/PDT/EST/etc. uh. There is fairly little global consistency in DST usage. Lots of places do dst on different dates. So if it's in some DST timezone it's likely to move twice each change for some subset of the people who do it. E.g. europe and US end DST one week apart.