From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263440AbTECV7L (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 May 2003 17:59:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263447AbTECV7L (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 May 2003 17:59:11 -0400 Received: from neon-gw-l3.transmeta.com ([63.209.4.196]:44560 "EHLO neon-gw.transmeta.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263440AbTECV7J (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 May 2003 17:59:09 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: LSE conference call Date: 3 May 2003 15:11:17 -0700 Organization: Transmeta Corporation, Santa Clara CA Message-ID: References: <200304251826.h3PIQMNg001890@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> <3EB28FC2.6070305@coyotegulch.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Disclaimer: Not speaking for Transmeta in any way, shape, or form. Copyright: Copyright 2003 H. Peter Anvin - All Rights Reserved Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Followup to: By author: ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > Scott Robert Ladd writes: > > > John Bradford wrote: > > > Ah, but assuming that you had a compass to calculate the local time > > > offset, (ignoring DST), anyway, you could have used that to calculate > > > the _local_ time without looking at your watch at all ;-). However, > > > you wouldn't be able to calculate the timezone you were in. > > > > Ah, but if you had a GPS system available, and a database of time zone > > boundaries, you could adjust on-the-fly for different jurisdictions. I've dones > > somethign of the sort recently for a client; the main problem lies in the > > accuracy (and size) of the database. Indiana, for example, presents unique > > challenges, with its patchwork implementation of DST... > > Indiana doesn't do DST. But it is true that people on the edges of the state > like to know what time it is for their neighbors across the border. > Part of Indiana does DST, part of it doesn't. In particular, the parts of Indiana is in the CT timezone (Gary area) *does* do DST. -hpa -- at work, in private! "Unix gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot." Architectures needed: ia64 m68k mips64 ppc ppc64 s390 s390x sh v850 x86-64