Responding to a Contact Us form, I suggested the following (m)

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Subject: Responding to a Contact Us form, I suggested the following (m)
Posted by Hans M. Guy - HMG in MAss on February 17, 2003 at 1:15 PM:

In Reply to: Some letter combinations are not unique... posted by Astro Stan on February 17, 2003 at 1:09 PM:

"How about a user preference time zone flag? Local = (Y)es – local, Local = (N)o – system or (EST) – the default could be (N)o."

Hank decided to include the time zone offset number.

HMG,

: ...such as ADT (Atlantic Daylight, Alaska Daylight).

: I'm not sure why letters would be "better." In fact, if Hank gets international zip/zone data, some of the letter combinations will be unfamiliar to most people.

: Perhaps you could suggest this be made into a preferences option ("time zone display preference: letters/digits/none") or something like that.

: Stan

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: "How about a user preference time zone flag? Local = (Y)es – local, Local = (N)o – system or (EST) – the default could be (N)o." : : Hank decided to include the time zone offset number. : HMG, : : : ...such as ADT (Atlantic Daylight, Alaska Daylight). : : I'm not sure why letters would be "better." In fact, if Hank gets international zip/zone data, some of the letter combinations will be unfamiliar to most people. : : Perhaps you could suggest this be made into a preferences option ("time zone display preference: letters/digits/none") or something like that. : : Stan

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