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   -=> Maurice Kinal wrote to Karel Kral <=-   
      
    MK> Given that I am on the west coast of NA, I'd be an early bird in this   
    MK> situation.  Right now we're on dst but in a couple of weeks that will   
    MK> change to standard time, which happens to be more accurate with respect   
    MK> to the sun.  However I'd probably still operate on UTC given the   
    MK> complications built into localtime.  I've been tuned to UTC for half my   
    MK> life now so it isn't an issue with me and most definetly isn't to any   
    MK> machine here as it simplifies everything.   
      
   I'm on the west coast as well. My parent company headquarters are in   
   Paris, 10 hours ahead. My regional headquarters is in Houston, 2 hours   
   ahead. My boss is 3 hours ahead, but insists on getting into the office   
   at 7:30am and leaves at 4:30pm - which is 4:30am to 1:30pm my time.   
      
   My compromise is to work 8-5 Houston time and take an early afternoon   
   off. I still get meeting invites for 5am, midnight, and as always, noon.   
      
   I think I need to re-read Cory Doctorow's Eastern Standard Tribe.   
      
   Back in the days of Big Iron, I knew people who worked swing and   
   graveyard shifts feeding the apparatus of computing - backing up disks   
   to tape, printing reports, running maintenance routines. These took all   
   night long, and the people ended up on their own circadian rhythms.   
      
   The biggest downside I heard was that Every Meal Was Breakfast. You wake   
   up around 5pm, and want breakfast. Lunch break is around 2am, and it's   
   24 hour diner time. When you get off work at 8, everyone is serving   
   breakfast.   
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    MK> It sounds to me that in your situation the times used were probably the   
    MK> best for all concerned.  In my situation morning is always better so it   
    MK> probably would have worked for me.   
      
    MK> Life is good,   
    MK> Maurice   
      
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    MK> ^^   ^^   ^^  ^^   ^^ ... Fidonet 4K - Sweet Sixteen Penguins of the   
    MK> Apocalypse. --- GNU bash, version 5.2.37(1)-release   
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