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   Message 1,190 of 3,070   
   Martin Foster to August Abolins   
   winpoint: TZUTC problem   
   17 Nov 19 09:04:00   
   
   MSGID: 2:310/31.3@fidonet de825865   
   REPLY: 2:221/1.59 f32cbf85   
   PID: OpenXP/5.0.40 (Linux) (x86_64)   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
   Hello August!   
      
   * 16.11.19 at 21:58, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:   
      
    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 :)   
      
    AA> I think you meant +0100 for the second entry.   
      
   Ooooops, yes!   
      
    AA> In any case, if you look back at any of the messages you created with   
    AA> Winpoint, you would find that the TZUTC is *always* +0100 irregardless of   
    AA> the season.   
      
    AA> Even if I changed the TZ here on my PC, I could never get Winpoint to   
    AA> register a -'ve for the TZUTC in the messages.  It is as if the author   
    AA> only intended users to be East of the time meridian. LOL.   
      
    AA> But it is most likely that the program miscalculates the resultant TZ   
    AA> figure and does not include the -'ve for the Western time zones.   
      
    AA> This looks like another CON candidate to be added on "the list":   
      
    AA>      https://kolico.ca/fidonet/echos/points/   
      
   Yep and it's yet another bug that will never get fixed :-((   
      
   Regards,   
   Martin   
      
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