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From: Randomcoder <randomcoder1@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: [proposal] timezone-aware timestamps enhancement
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 10:13:55 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150318081355.GH19138@xw> (raw)

Hi,

Currently, AFAIK when scheduling something in Org-Mode, the timestamp
doesn't have a timezone.

Use-case example: Let's say Carsten Dominik schedules a meeting with
someone, then jumps on a plane and travels to some place that's on a
timezone difference of -/+ 3 hours. He will probably miss the meeting.

I propose one of the following alternatives:

* either all timestamps are considered UTC and they dynamically change
with the timezone of the system where Emacs is running
* timestamps come with timezone so the user can see what time the
meeting was scheduled at.

Thanks for taking the time to read this. I welcome any feedback on this
as I'm interested in how other people are solving this sort of problem.

             reply	other threads:[~2015-03-18  8:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-03-18  8:13 Randomcoder [this message]
2015-03-18 16:33 ` [proposal] timezone-aware timestamps enhancement Eric S Fraga
2015-03-18 18:09   ` Ken Mankoff
2015-03-20  9:40     ` Randomcoder
2015-03-20 19:11       ` Ken Mankoff
2015-03-23 11:33       ` e.fraga
2015-03-20  9:29   ` Randomcoder
2015-03-23 11:35     ` e.fraga

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