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diff --git a/doc/design/kdm_timezones.tex b/doc/design/kdm_timezones.tex index b44f28b1f..d95324abc 100644 --- a/doc/design/kdm_timezones.tex +++ b/doc/design/kdm_timezones.tex @@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ KDMs have their valid-from and to times expressed as a local time, with a timezo There have been various different UXs in DCP-o-matic to specify the timing and time zone for KDMs, and some discussion about the best way. -Initially cinemas in DCP-o-matic had timezones. Then the KDM UX would get local time, and it would be written to the +Initially cinemas in DCP-o-matic had timezones. Then the KDM UI would get local time, and it would be written to the KDMs with the appropriate timezone for the cinema. -This was changed in \#2300 to remove timezone from the cinema and instead the KDM UX gets a local time with a time zone +This was changed in \#2300 to remove timezone from the cinema and instead the KDM UI gets a local time with a time zone (e.g. 14:00 UTC+2) then the KDMs are written in UTC (i.e.\ 12:00) with the -00:00 timezone (meaning `unknown'). The reason for this was that cinema timezones change with DST etc., people don't want to change them all the time, and @@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ we don't want to try managing DSTs automatically. Then people said that this was no good, as DST is not a concern (KDMs shouldn't be issued so tightly that they could be messed up by DST errors) but timezones are definitely a concern as they can be up to 12 hours. -Then in \#2473 it was changed so that cinemas once again have timezone but the KDM timezone is set by the KDM UX. -The KDM UX timezone is prefilled with the cinema timezone, \emph{but only if that timezone is unique}. If multiple +Then in \#2473 it was changed so that cinemas once again have timezone but the KDM timezone is set by the KDM UI. +The KDM UI timezone is prefilled with the cinema timezone, \emph{but only if that timezone is unique}. If multiple cinemas are selected the default KDM UX timezone is UTC. Then Bert says this is no good because he makes KDMs for two different cinemas, one at UTC+9 and one at UTC+11. |