Mike Grello wrote:
So, my microwave or VCR will somehow notice the change? The *embedded* (remember embedded) processors in my cities traffic control system, etc. will automatically notice the difference? That is why it is like Y2K; computers aren't the only things that use "computers". Some of those "computers", embedded and hardwired, use Linux. The cost to replace those chips were pretty significant in 2000, now just 7 years later we have to do it again, and *for no reason*.
I have to change the hour on all my domestic appliances, and the utility meters all work on GMT rather than switching when daylight saving comes in. The *BIG* problem is the lack of a proper daylight saving flag *IN* the tz_offset! Try displaying the correct calendar for March/April or October/November when you don't know the daylight saving zone your client is in ;) -- Lester Caine ----------------------------- L.S.Caine Electronic Services