[BLUG] Linux Format issue 116 available for free

[Steven Black]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601 mentions:

UTC
===

If the time is in UTC, add a 'Z' directly after the time without a
space. 'Z' is the zone designator for the zero UTC offset. "09:30 UTC"
is therefore represented as "09:30Z" or "0930Z". "14:45:15 UTC" would be
"14:45:15Z" or "144515Z".

UTC time is also known as 'Zulu' time, since 'Zulu' is the NATO phonetic
alphabet word for 'Z'.

On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 01:21:33PM -0500, Ben Shewmaker wrote:
> Isn't UTC also called Zulu time by pilots?  I have a relative who is a pilot
> and is always saying we should all just move to Zulu time. 
> 
> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Barry Schatz <sorbetninja at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>     Sorry, it was kinda late when I posted. I forgot about it, then
>     remembered and had to get my copy. Then I realized no one had posted to
>     the list about it. It will be taken down at 23:59:59 GMT March 4th. That
>     would be just before 7:00 pm EST.
> 
>     That's fine to correct me. If everyone were on UTC to begin with, we
>     wouldn't have these problems.
> 
>     -Barry
> 
>     PS. It's not related, but 23:59:60 broke the 30 Gb Zunes. Silly Microsoft!
> 
>     Steven Black wrote:
>     > Now, when you wrote 'midnight GMT tomorrow' on Tuesday, did you mean
>     > Wednesday 00:00 GMT -- which was actually midnight tomorrow when you
>     > wrote this (on Tuesday) or did you mean shortly after 23:59 GMT on
>     > Wednesday, which is actually Thursday 00:00 GMT?
>     >
>     > You wrote it to mean 00:00 GMT Wednesday, which has already elapsed.
>     >
>     > The site says it goes offline at 23:59:59 GMT March 4th, which means on
>     > midnight Thursday (the 5th) it will no longer be available.
>     >
>     > Remember: Midnight == 00:00 == start of the day
>     >
>     > If more people used ISO time this would be less of an issue.
>     > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601
>     >
>     > With ISO time, you could have said "tomorrow at 24:00 the link goes
>     > down."
>     >
>     > I'm sorry. This is another pet peeve of mine.
>     >
>     > Cheers,
>     > Steven Black
>     >
>     > On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 11:19:22PM -0500, Barry Schatz wrote:
>     >
>     >> Linux Format is offering issue 116 for free (as in beer) on their
>     website via
>     >> BitTorrent. The link will be gone at midnight GMT tomorrow (today,
>     depending
>     >> on when you read this).
>     >>
>     >> http://www.tuxradar.com/content/linux-format-free-download-24-hours-only
>     >>
>     >> There are torrents for high and low quality versions, as well as a
>     torrent for
>     >> the dvd included with the print version. Better get started!
>     >>
>     >> -Barry
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