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|    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              --- OpenXP 5.0.40        * Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:310/31.3)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/2 90/1 154/10 203/0 221/0 227/114 229/354 426 1014       SEEN-BY: 240/5832 249/206 317 400 280/464 5003 292/854 310/31 317/3       SEEN-BY: 322/757 342/200 396/45 423/120 712/848 770/1 2452/250       PATH: 310/31 280/464 229/426           |
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