> From: James Polk <jmpolk@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> >It used to be 5 PM Pacific, now it's 24:00 UTC.
>
> It's always been 2400 UTC, but with all the daylight savings time
> adjustments from country to country changing from year to year, I
> have talked to the Secretariat before (and recently), and verified
> this is indeed 8pm ET, at least for those in the US.
Well, 2400 UTC is 8pm Eastern Daylight (i.e., summer) Time (GMT-4),
but 7pm Eastern Standard Time (GMT-5). So I'd ask *when* did the
Secretariat tell you that?
Personally, I'd trust "date -u" much sooner than any random person.
Even better:
$ date --date='00:00 Feb 26, 2013 UTC'
Mon Feb 25 19:00:00 EST 2013
$
Dale