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Old January 6th, 2006, 12:48 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.calendaring
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Default Outlook should use BST not GMT for UK during DST

When Outlook records meetings and appointments in the UK, it describes the
time during all the months of the year as GMT. The UK only uses GMT during
the five Winter months; during Daylight Saving Time, we use BST. Look at
http://www.npl.co.uk/time/leap_second.html from the National Physical
Laboratory for an explanation of what GMT means and why it does not change
during the Summer months.

I want to be able to send meeting invitations that do not incorrectly
describe the times as GMT when they are in British Summer Time (BST). This
becomes particularly misleading when sending invitations outside the UK.

An example of this issue can be shown by looking at the schedules of the BBC
World Service. This only ever uses GMT, so there is a different programme
scheduled for a specific local time in the Winter from that in the Summer. I
understand that the US military uses Zulu Time which follows the same pattern.

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