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From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-amd64] Re: [OT] Swatch's internet time
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 12:03:11
Message-Id: pan.2006.02.14.11.57.55.115111@cox.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-amd64] [OT] Swatch's internet time by Simon Stelling
1 Simon Stelling posted <43F0C297.3050507@g.o>, excerpted below, on
2 Mon, 13 Feb 2006 18:32:07 +0100:
3
4 > Duncan wrote:
5 >> I suppose that'd have to be Swatch's 1000-beat/day time, which is
6 >> zeroed on UTC.
7 >
8 > Wrong, it's zeroed on CE(S)T, as Switzerland (since Swatch is a swiss company)
9 > lies within that time zone.
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11 Thanks for the correction. I was /sure/ it was UTC, or I certainly would
12 have put an AFAIK or other qualifier in there, but it seems I was /surely/
13 wrong!
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