Re:How to save datetimes for future events
by dragonwriter on Monday March 23, 2015 @12:40PM
(#9251781)
The fact that the meeting organizer in Chile does not imply that the key constraint for the meeting time was in Chile, rather than in the schedule of the Australian attendees.
(Of course, its actually possible that there were essential constraints on both sides, in which case, the problem is more difficult, or that the key constraint was that the call needed to immediately precede or follow an event in a timezone different from Australia or Chile.)
Really, determining the key intent here is hard, and there is no one rule that makes it painless in all cases. There are lots of different possible intents with timing, and there is no single general rule that handles all possible changes in local time rules between the time an event is scheduled and the time it occurs.
Re:How to save datetimes for future events
by laut on Tuesday March 24, 2015 @11:52AM
(#9257373)
If I enter "10:00 in Chile" in a calendar app I expect it to stay "10:00 in Chile". And not magically change to "11:00 in Chile". That is what the example was.
(Of course, its actually possible that there were essential constraints on both sides, in which case, the problem is more difficult, or that the key constraint was that the call needed to immediately precede or follow an event in a timezone different from Australia or Chile.)
Really, determining the key intent here is hard, and there is no one rule that makes it painless in all cases. There are lots of different possible intents with timing, and there is no single general rule that handles all possible changes in local time rules between the time an event is scheduled and the time it occurs.