Author: Will Singleton
Date: 22:29:58 05/23/01
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On May 24, 2001 at 01:23:57, Peter Berger wrote: >On May 24, 2001 at 01:12:09, Will Singleton wrote: > >>On May 24, 2001 at 00:25:56, James Swafford wrote: >> >>> >>>There has been an oversight on my part that I hope doesn't >>>affect anybody's ability to play. The standard differential >>>between EST and GMT is 5 hrs, but that's offset by 1 hr >>>because we're observing daylight savings in the states. >>> >>>The following URL shows the time in Raleigh North Carolina, >>>which follows Eastern Standard Time. >>> >>>http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=207 >>> >>>I interpret that to mean 1000 EST is actually 1400 GMT, not >>>1500 as posted in the CCT3 schedule. Anybody referring to >>>the GMT time will have to adjust by one hour. >>> >>>Before widespread confusion and chaos sets in, somebody please >>>verify I've got my facts straight and post a follow up reply. >>> >>>-- >>>James >> >> >>Hmmm, sorry, I should have seen that earlier. Both CCT1 & 2 were held during >>standard time, and I just didn't think about it. Amazing, esp for a pilot (all >>wx reports given in UTC). >> >>I guess we should keep the daylight time, and adjust GMT. Apparently, both >>London and Paris (and others) observe daylight savings, so the effect would be >>minimal. So as of now (1:05am EDT), it is 5 hours ahead in London (6:05am). >>But GMT is 5:05am. >> >>So, the correct schedule would be: >> >>EST GMT >>10:00 14:00 >>12:20 16:20 >>14:40 18:40 >>17:00 21:00 >> >> >>If you agree, please post it prominently, and let's get Volker to fix it on his >>site, and inform ICC, and perhaps email all the participants. :( >> >>Will > >Now I am completely puzzled : Germany is GMT +1 and we have daylight savings . > >OK - I assumed the games start at 10 AM EDT (!) - that would be 16:00 in Germany >. > >Maybe it would be easiest to simply use ICC server time ? It is easy to remember >for me that ICC time is always 6 hours back - these time zones are confusing. > >pete > >PS : Btw ICC also announced the games at 10:00 server time . Germany is currently GMT+2. And 10:00am server time is correct. Will
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