Subj : Feature request
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Kees van Eeten
Date : Wed Mar 01 2017 17:17:54

Hello Michiel!

01 Mar 17 16:49, you wrote to All:

 MvdV> In order to make it easier for nodelist clerks to synchronise their
 MvdV> efforts across time zones, I suggest the following;


 MvdV> UseUTC (0/1)    (default 0)


 MvdV> This instructs MakeNl to use UTC instead of local time to determine the
 MvdV> day of the week and other time related issues.

 MvdV> E.G. When it is Thursday 21:00 local time and it is Friday 01:00 UTC,
 MvdV> Makenl will act as if is is run on Friday and use the day of the week
 MvdV> number corresponding to Friday.


 MvdV> In some cases, it may be necessary to override the OS's and/or
 MvdV> compiler's time functions. So I suggest the following option:


 MvdV> UseTZUTC (0/1)  (default 0)

 MvdV> Use the TZUTC environment variable to derive UTC from local time,
 MvdV> instead of using the value supplied by the OS and/or the compiler's
 MvdV> library functions.

 Why would you make it so intricate. As far as I know it gouverned by
 PublishDay

 If you run before the day has stated, you set Publishday to the nextday,
 otherwise to the current day.

Kees

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