Daylight time changes

[jon.bosak@sun.com]

Hello UBL TC,

It's that jolly time of year we all look forward to -- the
switchover to daylight time in some (but not all) of our locations
in not one, but two different weeks.  What fun!

In keeping with established practice, our meeting times will
change as follows starting the week of 2 April 2006 (N.B. next
week is special -- keep reading!):

 - The Pacific call will stay at 00:30-02:30 UTC/GMT every
   Tuesday, but due to the change to daylight time, the clock time
   for callers in the U.S. will appear to shift forward one hour
   (to start at 17:30 Monday in San Francisco and 20:30 Monday in
   New York).  The starting local time will remain at 08:30
   Tuesday in Hong Kong, Singapore, Perth, and Beijing and at
   09:30 Tuesday in Seoul and Tokyo.  The starting time will shift
   *back* one hour from 11:30 to 10:30 Tuesday in Sydney; the
   reason is left as an exercise for the reader.

 - The Atlantic call, on the other hand, will move back one hour
   to run from 15:00-17:00 UTC/GMT instead of 16:00-18:00 UTC/GMT
   so that the local (now daylight) times in North America and
   most parts of Europe appear to stay the same as they were
   during the winter (08:00-10:00 in San Francisco, 11:00-13:00 in
   New York, 16:00-18:00 in London, 17:00-19:00 in Copenhagen,
   Paris, and Rome).

HOWEVER, due to the fact that the European cities just noted
change to daylight time one week ahead of the U.S., next week's
schedule will be different from both our regular winter schedule
and our regular summer schedule.  The UTC times will stay the same
as during the winter for both Pacific and Atlantic calls, and the
Pacific meeting time will stay the same as it has been for the
last few months for all our callers, but the Atlantic TC call will
move one hour later for the European cities switching to daylight
time this week.  Next week, as the U.S. changes to daylight time,
we will switch to the regular summer times described above.
See below for a summary of the three different schedules.

If you find this confusing (or just want to check my work, which I
invite you to do), see

   http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

Jon

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UBL TC WINTER SCHEDULE (that is, the schedule we've been using for
the last few months; due to a recent change in U.S. law, we may
have to revisit this in October):

   WEEKLY PACIFIC UBL TC MEETING
   00:30 - 02:30 UTC EVERY TUESDAY (MONDAY IN THE AMERICAS)
      16:30 - 18:30 Mon San Francisco
      19:30 - 21:30 Mon New York
      08:30 - 10:30 Tue Hong Kong, Singapore, Perth, Beijing
      09:30 - 11:30 Tue Seoul, Tokyo
      11:30 - 13:30 Tue Sydney

   WEEKLY ATLANTIC UBL TC MEETING
   16:00 - 18:00 UTC EVERY WEDNESDAY
      08:00 - 10:00 Wed San Francisco
      11:00 - 13:00 Wed New York
      16:00 - 18:00 Wed London
      17:00 - 19:00 Wed Copenhagen, Paris, Rome

UBL TC IN-BETWEEN-WEEK SCHEDULE (this week only; note that the UTC
stays the same as winter for both calls):

   PACIFIC UBL TC MEETING (same UTC as regular winter schedule)
   00:30 - 02:30 UTC TUESDAY 28 MARCH (MONDAY IN THE AMERICAS)
      16:30 - 18:30 Mon San Francisco
      19:30 - 21:30 Mon New York
      08:30 - 10:30 Tue Hong Kong, Singapore, Perth, Beijing
      09:30 - 11:30 Tue Seoul, Tokyo
      11:30 - 13:30 Tue Sydney

   ATLANTIC UBL TC MEETING (same UTC as regular winter schedule)
   16:00 - 18:00 UTC WEDNESDAY 29 MARCH
      08:00 - 10:00 Wed San Francisco (same as winter)
      11:00 - 13:00 Wed New York (same as winter)
      17:00 - 19:00 Wed London (*** DAYLIGHT TIME ***)
      18:00 - 20:00 Wed Copenhagen, Paris, Rome (*** DAYLIGHT TIME ***)

UBL TC SUMMER SCHEDULE (begins first Sunday in April):

   PACIFIC UBL TC MEETING
   00:30 - 02:30 UTC EVERY TUESDAY (MONDAY IN THE AMERICAS)
      17:30 - 19:30 Mon San Francisco
      20:30 - 22:30 Mon New York
      08:30 - 10:30 Tue Hong Kong, Singapore, Perth, Beijing
      09:30 - 11:30 Tue Seoul, Tokyo
      10:30 - 12:30 Tue Sydney

   SUMMER ATLANTIC UBL TC MEETING
   15:00 - 17:00 UTC EVERY WEDNESDAY
      08:00 - 10:00 Wed San Francisco
      11:00 - 13:00 Wed New York
      16:00 - 18:00 Wed London
      17:00 - 19:00 Wed Copenhagen, Paris, Rome