From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#11807: M-x display-time-world & EDT/DST Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 11:39:01 +0200 Message-ID: References: <81lij7lv4b.fsf@gmail.com> <814npvkdwo.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1340876411 19998 80.91.229.3 (28 Jun 2012 09:40:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 09:40:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 11807@debbugs.gnu.org To: Jambunathan K Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 28 11:40:08 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SkBCi-0001aU-Ut for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Jun 2012 11:40:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39222 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SkBCi-0004go-Vf for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Jun 2012 05:40:00 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:39350) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SkBCb-0004gc-Bd for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Jun 2012 05:39:58 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SkBCZ-0000Go-Lf for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Jun 2012 05:39:52 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:52351) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SkBCZ-0000Gh-IH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Jun 2012 05:39:51 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SkBGc-0005CS-3d for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Jun 2012 05:44:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Andreas Schwab Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 09:44:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 11807 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 11807-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B11807.134087659819927 (code B ref 11807); Thu, 28 Jun 2012 09:44:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 11807) by debbugs.gnu.org; 28 Jun 2012 09:43:18 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33663 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SkBFt-0005BM-So for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 28 Jun 2012 05:43:18 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.9]:37685) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SkBFq-0005B8-E2 for 11807@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 28 Jun 2012 05:43:15 -0400 Original-Received: from frontend4.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.183]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3WNGCq5LV5z4KKZ5; Thu, 28 Jun 2012 11:39:19 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from igel.home (ppp-88-217-113-177.dynamic.mnet-online.de [88.217.113.177]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 3WNGCV1fprzbcbC; Thu, 28 Jun 2012 11:39:02 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 501) id D3D1BCA2A5; Thu, 28 Jun 2012 11:39:01 +0200 (CEST) X-Yow: On the road, ZIPPY is a pinhead without a purpose, but never without a POINT. In-Reply-To: <814npvkdwo.fsf@gmail.com> (Jambunathan K.'s message of "Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:32:15 +0530") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.1 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:61361 Archived-At: Jambunathan K 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. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."