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Re: [office] Daylight Saving Time and TC Schedule

  • 1.  Re: [office] Daylight Saving Time and TC Schedule

    Posted 02-26-2010 14:50
    Dear TC members,
    
    Rob's proposal regading the meeting time and the cancel of our call on 
    5th April is fine for me.
    
    Best regards, Oliver.
    
    On 02/26/10 15:44, robert_weir@us.ibm.com wrote:
    > It is that time of year again, moving from winter into spring.
    > 
    > Our meeting schedule for the next two months currently is listed as:
    > 
    > March 1st
    > March 8th
    > March 15th
    > March 22nd
    > March 29th
    > April 5th
    > April 12th
    > April 19th
    > April 26th
    > 
    > Our current meeting time is:  14:30 GMT (6.30am PST, 9:30am EST, 3:30pm 
    > CET, 10:30pm China).
    > 
    > My understanding is the the switch to Daylight Saving Time in 2010 is:
    > 
    > March 14th in the United States
    > March 28th in Europe
    > 
    > DST is not observed in China.  And Brazil does it in the other direction, 
    > but I'm not sure of the exact date.
    > 
    > What we have done in the past is preserve the current meeting time in the 
    > US.  That would mean that for our meeting of March 15th, the meeting time 
    > would be:
    > 
    > 13:30 GMT (6.30am PDT, 9:30am EDT, 2:30pm CET, 9:30pm China)
    > 
    > and then on March 29th and following the time would be:
    > 
    > 13:30 GMT (6.30am PDT, 9:30am EDT, 3:30pm CET, 9:30pm China)
    > 
    > Is this acceptable? 
    > 
    > Also, Easter is April 4th, and the Easter Monday is observed as a holiday 
    > in much of Europe, so I suggest we cancel our April 5th meeting.
    > 
    > Regards,
    > 
    > -Rob
    > 
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