I said GMT you idiot can't you read? UTC/GMT does not change during the
daylight saving period because it does not observe daylight saving time.
That is why the computer displays it as GMT-08:00 Pacific because that is
the correct time. Get your facts right.


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"Heather" <fergie@canada.invalid> wrote in message
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> Gawd, you are clueless!! Now that it is DST, it is 7 hours.......got it??
> Or do you not know anything about time zones.
>
> http://wwp.pacific-standard-time.com/ Scroll down to see that Daylight
> Savings Time makes it 7 hours......
>
> "The Real Truth MVP" <trt@void.com> wrote in message
> news:hpavq2$v7u$1@leythos.motzarella.org...
>> GMT-08:00 is Pacific Time (US & Canada) NOT -7
>>
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>> "David Kaye" <sfdavidkaye2@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:hpatcc$ltp$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>> "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>All Usenet is based on GMT therefore your clock may be correct bu the
>>>>wrong
>>>> time zone.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Once again, for those of you who don't read, my time is set to Pacirfic
>>> Time
>>> (U.S. & Canada), and the automatic advance for daylight time is set.
>>> When I
>>> ran the API call that queries the time information the system said that
>>> I was
>>> at GMT -7 hours, which is correct.
>>>
>>> There is absolutely nothing wrong with my computer. It is set
>>> correctly. The
>>> only thing I can think of is that News Xpress, my antiquated news reader
>>> (originally written for Windows 3.1) messes with the time somehow. But,
>>> to be
>>> honest, I don't wish to devote the time to figuring this out. I'm
>>> knee-deep
>>> in work this weekend and already have to cancel my visit to a couple
>>> social
>>> events I'd rather visit this afternoon.
>>>
>>
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