Dale, > 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 > $ Funny thing is when I try the date from the announcement: > All Final Version (-01 and up) submissions are due by UTC 24:00 Monday, February 25. I get this: $ date --date='24:00 Feb 25, 2013 UTC' date: invalid date `24:00 Feb 25, 2013 UTC' Seriously, what the heck is 24:00? Is that like the meeting we'll have in the afternoon at about 13:90? Paul