Re: [bitcoin-dev] Weekly development meetings on IRC

From: Dave Scotese <dscotese@litmocracy.com>
To: Luke Dashjr <luke@dashjr.org>
Cc: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>,
	Pieter Wuille <pieter.wuille@gmail.com>,
	Cory Fields <cory@coryfields.com>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Weekly development meetings on IRC
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 16:29:42 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGLBAhcT0GkvKA0_d95=3XARng5aL2DQ-HFwtFWLvEJbry+VzA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201509182150.06275.luke@dashjr.org>

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I am in a timezone that uses DST (currently PDT), but I would like us to
use a timezone that does NOT use DST.  It will be nice to have something
that reflects the seasonal patterns like my own body does.  I hate the time
change in both ways.

On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 2:50 PM, Luke Dashjr via bitcoin-dev <
bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> On Friday, September 18, 2015 8:24:50 PM Btc Drak via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> > Google calendar is localised, so it doesn't matter. The problem with
> > quoting UTC anyway it the meeting times are going to change for those
> that
> > observe DST. It would be much better to quote an actual timezone of an
> > actual area so it will remain constant, like 1700 CEST, or 0900AM PDT for
> > example. Otherwise when the clocks change, what was a convenient meeting
> > time will become inconvenient for some.
>
> Not everyone does crazy clock-changing. Using such a time system for
> scheduling seems to inconvenience the wrong position. (although perhaps
> arguably better since most people probably use DST) :p
>
> (Aside, if Google Calendar can't support standard UTC, that sounds like an
> argument against using Google Calendar...)
>
> > Urgh... Can we hardfork time? It's clearly in need of an upgrade...
>
> Tonal time works nice any consistently. :D
>
> Luke
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