On Feb 26, 2013, at 8:01 PM, Dale R. Worley wrote: >> 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 > $ Requires a Unix like system... > > Dale >