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Re: [FEATURE REQUEST] Timezone support in org-mode datestamps and org-ag


From: Alexander Adolf
Subject: Re: [FEATURE REQUEST] Timezone support in org-mode datestamps and org-agenda
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2023 18:48:35 +0100

Robert Horn <rjhorn@panix.com> writes:

> [...]
> Getting the rules and explanation clear is the issue.  It's a mistake
> that a great many people make with scheduling meetings.  Those two
> behaviors need different encodings because they behave differently.
> [...]

AFAIU, setting "clear rules" for this seems impossible. Around DST
changeovers, there are ambiguous time-of-day specifications, which occur
more than once on that date. Hence, for such events UTC time
specifications must be used, or everybody is doomed to either arrive
hours early, or hours late for the appointment.



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