RE: [PATCH] SMPP validity
Andreas Fink <[email protected]>
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> > -----Original Message----- >> From: Vibhu Mohindra [mailto:[email protected]] > >> > Why would I want to handle years and days when I only need the hour >> > difference ? >> >> OK, here's why looking only at hours and minutes isn't >> enough. A country >> which is +12 GMT will be identified at 11am as being -12 GMT. >> Past noon >> it will be correctly identified as +12 GMT. Our normalising version >> which adds/subtracts 24 hours doesn't work for such a place. > >Ahmm... GMT+12 and GMT-12 is the same timezone. it's just a matter of >how you look at it. both are valid. it's like saying GMT+0 and GMT-0 are >different time zones. This is WRONG! Someone living in GMT+12 has a different date from the person in GMT-12 even they share the same time. -- Andreas Fink Fink-Consulting ------------------------------------------------------------------ Tel: +41-61-6932730 Fax: +41-61-6932729 Mobile: +41-79-2457333 Address: A. Fink, Schwarzwaldallee 16, 4058 Basel, Switzerland E-Mail: [email protected] Homepage: http://www.finkconsulting.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ Something urgent? Try http://www.smsrelay.com/ Nickname afink