Re: Timer on webpages

JRS: In article <ENWdnY1pc-i1lsnZnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@comcast.com>, dated
Sat, 29 Apr 2006 20:56:16 remote, seen in news:comp.lang.javascript,
Randy Webb <HikksNotAtHome@aol.com> posted :
>Dr John Stockton said the following on 4/29/2006 5:25 PM:

>> Using a Date Object naively to indicate duration will be unreliable when
>> the season changes between Summer and Winter.
>
>And naively assuming that most business applications are being used on a
>Saturday night at 2AM is indeed naive.

It would be; but we should not be concerned just with "most" here; and
it is naive to assume that the clock necessarily changes at 2AM.

Then just consider all the Muslim and Jewish businessmen; the businesses
that run 24/7/366; the travellers who keep there portables set to Home
Time, ...
 

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