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Re: JPMorgan Chase to strengthen offshoring to India

From: Mark C. Stock <mcstockX_at_Xenquery>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 13:30:05 -0500
Message-ID: <vZmdnd_sdMuvjgLenZ2dnUVZ_sGdnZ2d@comcast.com>

"Oliver Wong" <owong_at_castortech.com> wrote in message news:Q1Enf.146345$y_1.137743_at_edtnps89...
>
> "Howard Brazee" <howard_at_brazee.net> wrote in message
> news:06rtp11thge1m7hun83r04trmmigpba77u_at_4ax.com...
>> As a programmer, there is something I would rather have than a world
>> wide metric system - and that's a world wide time system. Let's all
>> go to Zulu time.
>>
>> But there are people who can't imagine it being "noon" in the middle
>> of the night - it just isn't natural nor part of God's plan!
>
> Agreed. The sooner as we rid this silly notion that time depends on the
> Earth's spin and position, the better. There is currently too much
> confusion synchronizing events between people in different time zones.
>
> "5 o'clock, next Sunday? My time zone or yours? Yours? Okay, do you
> have daylight savings or anything funky going on over there? You do? Well,
> when does it end? This Tuesday? Okay, so are you moving ahead one hour or
> back one hour? No, I mean, if you didn't have daylight savings, would the
> 5 o'clock become 6 o'clock or 7 o'clock? No, it's no good here either,
> because my daylight ends tomorrow. I'm moving ahead. Yes, 1 hour ahead.
> No, as in it used to be noon, now it's 1. What?"
>
> - Oliver
>

not an issue with oracle or most modern programming environments that are timezone aware

not an issue with most dinner appointments that i keep ;-)

++ ms Received on Tue Dec 13 2005 - 12:30:05 CST

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