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   Vince Coen to Michiel van der Vlist   
   Feature request   
   01 Mar 17 21:33:11   
   
   Hello Michiel!   
      
   Wednesday March 01 2017 16:49, you wrote to All:   
      
    > Hello All,   
      
    > In order to make it easier for nodelist clerks to synchronise their   
    > efforts across time zones, I suggest the following;   
      
      
    > UseUTC (0/1)    (default 0)   
      
      
    > This instructs MakeNl to use UTC instead of local time to determine   
    > the day of the week and other time related issues.   
      
    > E.G. When it is Thursday 21:00 local time and it is Friday 01:00 UTC,   
    > Makenl will act as if is is run on Friday and use the day of the week   
    > number corresponding to Friday.   
      
      
    > In some cases, it may be necessary to override the OS's and/or   
    > compiler's time functions. So I suggest the following option:   
      
      
    > UseTZUTC (0/1)  (default 0)   
      
    > Use the TZUTC environment variable to derive UTC from local time,   
    > instead of using the value supplied by the OS and/or the compiler's   
    > library functions.   
      
      
   As I run multi-user systems (Linux) I cannot change the time at a system    
   level.   
      
   So a setting within makenl to deal would be better.   
      
   There again just adjust your time set for sending to the earliest period for   
   both time changes, e.g., forward setting.   
      
      
      
   Vince   
      
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