From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>
Cc: 11807@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#11807: M-x display-time-world & EDT/DST
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 11:39:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m24npv7p3e.fsf@igel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <814npvkdwo.fsf@gmail.com> (Jambunathan K.'s message of "Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:32:15 +0530")
Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com> writes:
> This is what I see *now.
>
> Seattle Thursday 28 June 00:56 PDT
> New York Thursday 28 June 03:56 EDT <=== This is off by 1-hr.
> London Thursday 28 June 08:56 BST
> Paris Thursday 28 June 09:56 CDT
> Bangalore Thursday 28 June 14:26 IST <=== Local time. This is correct
> Tokyo Thursday 28 June 17:56 JST
You are using the wrong timezone (GMT+6:30 instead of GMT+5:30).
>>> | ("IST-5:30" "Bangalore") <=== Why this ''minus''. Isn't IST = GMT+5:30?
>>
>> For the same reason New York is EST5EDT.
>
> It is consistent but counter-intuitive. It is a gotcha.
It is a fact of life and perfectly correct.
Andreas.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-06-28 9:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-06-28 8:05 bug#11807: M-x display-time-world & EDT/DST Jambunathan K
2002-01-01 0:30 ` Jambunathan K
2012-06-28 8:54 ` Andreas Schwab
2012-06-28 9:02 ` Jambunathan K
2012-06-28 9:39 ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
2012-06-28 10:00 ` Jambunathan K
2012-06-28 10:34 ` Andreas Schwab
2012-06-28 10:50 ` Jambunathan K
2012-06-28 12:18 ` Andreas Schwab
2012-06-28 13:54 ` Jambunathan K
2012-06-28 14:38 ` Andreas Schwab
2012-06-28 14:54 ` Jambunathan K
2012-06-28 15:37 ` Andreas Schwab
2012-06-29 9:26 ` bug#11807: (Windows XP issue?) " Jambunathan K
2012-06-29 10:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-06-29 10:40 ` Jambunathan K
2012-06-30 3:37 ` Jason Rumney
2012-06-30 5:43 ` Jambunathan K
2012-06-30 6:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
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