[Design] [Dogfood] Default TZ and interop

[Mimi Yin]

I believe Bryan and Jeffrey have the correct interpretation.

On Sep 7, 2006, at 5:32 PM, Bryan Stearns wrote:

> I think this problem could be interpreted differently: the invite  
> specified a specific time and timezone (say, 22:00Z), but we stored  
> the event using a floating timezone (22:00 floating). As I  
> interpret the design intention, we should instead have preserved  
> the event's timezone as GMT (causing it to appear in the 2:00PM  
> spot, but labeled "10:00 PM GMT"). (I think this design could be  
> improved upon: we could decide that GMT is less friendly, and  
> convert events to the local system's timezone on import if their  
> timezone is GMT, whether the timezone preference is on or off.)
>
> ...Bryan
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