On 21/01/2023 06:38, Tim Cross wrote:
- Use UTC for meetings which are not face-to-face and which involve
people form different time zones.
I agree with you that it should considered as first option by whose who
are planning an event. They still may prefer to choose timezone of
particular location because it is mixed meeting with attenders of both
types: face to face and online, or just because most of on-line
participants are expected from particular area.
However timezone may be out of your control if you receive invitation to
join on-line to some meeting. Attempt to convert it to UTC may lead to
problems. So the reason to choose UTC or specific timezone for
particular timestamp is not really technical one. It is just decision of
some people.
Do you have any objection to the following statements:
- UTC is a recommendation for planning when participants are scattered
over multiple timezones.
- You admit that some timestamps in your files may be specified as time
zone identifier + local time relative to this zone.
- In both cases you may configure overlays to use local timezone or
another one whatever you currently find convenient.
- Time chooser offers several time zone options.
I would also argue UTC is good for 'traditional' timestamps which record
a specific point in time and for situations where you want accurate
calculations of time durations.
Mostly agree, so I prefer to postpone discussion of details till
confirming agreement in respect to future timestamps.
