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   Kees van Eeten to Michiel van der Vlist   
   Feature request   
   01 Mar 17 17:17:54   
   
   Hello Michiel!   
      
   01 Mar 17 16:49, you wrote to All:   
      
    MvdV> In order to make it easier for nodelist clerks to synchronise their   
    MvdV> efforts across time zones, I suggest the following;   
      
      
    MvdV> UseUTC (0/1)    (default 0)   
      
      
    MvdV> This instructs MakeNl to use UTC instead of local time to determine the   
    MvdV> day of the week and other time related issues.   
      
    MvdV> E.G. When it is Thursday 21:00 local time and it is Friday 01:00 UTC,   
    MvdV> Makenl will act as if is is run on Friday and use the day of the week   
    MvdV> number corresponding to Friday.   
      
      
    MvdV> In some cases, it may be necessary to override the OS's and/or   
    MvdV> compiler's time functions. So I suggest the following option:   
      
      
    MvdV> UseTZUTC (0/1)  (default 0)   
      
    MvdV> Use the TZUTC environment variable to derive UTC from local time,   
    MvdV> instead of using the value supplied by the OS and/or the compiler's   
    MvdV> library functions.   
      
    Why would you make it so intricate. As far as I know it gouverned by   
    PublishDay   
      
    If you run before the day has stated, you set Publishday to the nextday,   
    otherwise to the current day.   
      
   Kees   
      
   --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5   
    * Origin: As for me, all I know is that, I know nothing. (2:280/5003.4)   

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