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Re: [STDS-802-11-CAC] F2F and non-F2F times/timezones

--- This message came from the IEEE 802.11 Chairs' Advisory Committee Reflector ---
I largely agree.

Use ET or Eastern Time for the telecons and not EST or EDT since it is easy to get this wrong.

Use nothing or place names (e.g., 16:30 Madrid Time) for the face-to-face events.

-Robert


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Subject: [STDS-802-11-CAC] F2F and non-F2F times/timezones

--- This message came from the IEEE 802.11 Chairs' Advisory Committee Reflector ---

Hello,

 

I think the only effect of giving timezones for F2Fs is the risk of

giving the wrong timezone and consequent confusion.  I suggest that

for F2Fs we henceforth give all times implicitly as local time.

 

[For non-F2Fs, we should continue to give times in ET, i.e. local

time on the east coast of the USA.  We should not try to say EDT

and EST because there's a good chance of getting it wrong/forgetting

to update, and also because in Europe S stands for summer while

in the USA it stands for, err, not summer.]

 

[[FWIW in another standards body I also give times in UTC.  This is

especially helpful around the summer/winter time switch instants

of maximum confusion, when Europe and the USA are out of their usual

phase relationship.]]

 

Thanks,

 

Mark

 

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