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   Message 1,189 of 3,070   
   August Abolins to Martin Foster   
   winpoint: TZUTC problem   
   16 Nov 19 21:58:17   
   
   MSGID: 2:221/1.59 f32cbf85   
   CHRS: IBMPC 2   
   TZUTC: -0500   
   REPLY: 2:310/31.3@fidonet de7a5811   
   Hello Martin,   
      
   On 16.11.19, you wrote,   
      
      
    AA>> Looking back at the messages you created with Winpoint, your TZUTC   
    AA>> figure is 0100.  But since you are located in the UK, the offset should   
    AA>> be 0000.   
      
    MF> +0000 in winter time, +0001 in summer time :)   
      
   I think you meant +0100 for the second entry.     
      
   In any case, if you look back at any of the messages you created with   
   Winpoint, you would find that the TZUTC is *always* +0100 irregardless of the   
   season.   
      
   Even if I changed the TZ here on my PC, I could never get Winpoint to register   
   a -'ve for the TZUTC in the messages.  It is as if the author only intended   
   users to be East of the time meridian. LOL.     
      
   But it is most likely that the program miscalculates the resultant TZ figure   
   and does not include the -'ve for the Western time zones.   
      
   This looks like another CON candidate to be added on "the list":   
      
        https://kolico.ca/fidonet/echos/points/   
      
      
   ../|ug   
      
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