[Ti] [OT] iCal stupidity

[Victor Eijkhout]

>The problem you are seeing is related to the fact that it's trying 
>to display the event times relative to the currently active time 
>zone. So it's adjusted them after you've changed time zones.

I understand. But that's not terribly clever. My travel agent tells 
me the time of my return flight in terms of the local time of 
whatever time zone it takes place, and compensated for daylight 
savings time, and the fact that some states don't do daylight savings 
time, plus whatever contingencies I may be forgetting.

If iCal insists on adjusting the time, it should have an option of 
entering an event time in another time zone. Right now it's putting 
all the burden of computation on me. And I thought computers were 
supposed to make life easier.

"John, I'm about to flight out to you"

   "Ok, the office opens at nine, just show up at that time"

"Eight o'clock it is"

   "No, I said nine"

"Yes but that's eight eastern time"

   "But I live in the central time zone"

"But I'm in eastern time"

   "I thought you were coming over to me to visit?!"

Et cetera. This is silly.
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