Re: buster netinst timezone
On Sat 10 Aug 2019 at 09:01:27 (+0000), Russell L. Harris wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 09:14:08AM +0200, deloptes wrote:
> > Why? The non expert lives somewhere relative to UTC, why should I use UTC.
> > AFAIK it is always UTC in the background adding or substracting the
> > timezone and perhaps summer time and other specifics. I do not want to
> > calculate each time on top of UTC, what the time is.
>
> To each his own. I remember the explanation of an airline pilot as to
> the reason he kept his wristwatch set to GMT. Constantly crossing
> from one time zone to another, he said that the mental conversion
> quickly became automatic and painless, and was much less trouble than
> constantly resetting his watch.
I was under the impression that airline pilots were paid enough to buy
two-zone wristwatches, but perhaps the threatened strikes are an
indication that they don't think they are. While they're on strike,
they'll be able to enjoy a holiday from checking the time.
Cheers,
David.
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