Hello UBL TC,
Daylight Saving Time begins this Sunday, 9 March, in the U.S. and
Canada. In keeping with established practice in the UBL TC, our
meeting times will change as follows beginning next week:
- 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, and Beijing and at
09:30 Tuesday in Seoul, Tokyo, and Perth.
- 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 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). Times in most of
Europe WILL NOT appear to stay the same until European
locations make their own change to daylight time 30 March. For
three weeks, therefore, Atlantic call times for most European
participants will begin an hour earlier by local clocks. After
30 March, the calls will again appear to take place at the same
time they did during winter. For an overview of time changes
this season, see
http://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst2008a.html
It's always best to check the Time and Date URL at the top of
each agenda to make sure of the time, but for the next few weeks,
it's going to be essential.
Jon
