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Re: OT: AS400 Time Change
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Wirt Atmar <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: RE2: Viejo HP3000

Hola, Segio:

Nosotros tenemos un
ordenador HP 3000 GX,
impresora LP2562 C,
cinta magnetica 7878,
disco 300 7957B y +70 MB en la casa ordenador,
caseta magnetica 32 track.
Sistema de funcionamiento, !libros!
MPE/V. Turbo Image.
Adagerdemo (caducado)
Interex CSL 1993, 1994
HPEdit
BRW
HiLi
La cinta magnetica es de la altura de un hombre.
?Como puede usted acarrear las mquinas y pagar?
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Mon, 28 Oct 2002 13:46:55 EST
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Steve writes:

> All file timestamps, etc. are stored in GMT, but displayed to
>  you in your own timezone, so it is easy to keep things straight when
>  users are not all in the same timezone.  Plus, historical timestamps
>  will always be displayed to you correctly, even if countries change the
>  way in which they switch to/from savings time.  And, this all happens
>  automatically.

All right, ladies and gentlemen, for your trivia question of the morning, in
what two countries that abut one another would you experience a four hour,
thirty minute time shift when you cross either of their borders, going from
one country to the other?

And for a bonus question, how in the heck could such a thing be possible?
(Hint: UNIX had nothing to do with this bit of screwiness).

Wirt Atmar

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