Re: [FEATURE REQUEST] Timezone support in org-mode datestamps and org-agenda

[Ihor Radchenko]

Robert Horn <rjhorn@panix.com> writes:

>> Not really. Countries may change DST at any moment in future. Or decide
>> to switch calendars (consider countries near the day transition line).
>>
>> And "past local time, according to the DST rules in effect at the time"
>> is also an option that might be useful in certain scenarios.
>>
> The issue is clarity of the expected rules for the format.  If I
> schedule a meeting for 10:05 DST, but the rules change so that it is not
> DST at that location at that time in the future, what is the expected
> interpretation?  It could be:

Let me clarify. I do not think that we need to offer selecting DST/no
DST in the timestamp. Instead, we offer something like
<2028-12-11 18:00@Europe/Berlin>, specifying local time, including
possible DST transitions or any other political decisions the country
might make regarding the local time rules.

Or, if the preference is specifying time in such a way that it is
unaffected by the local time rules (for example, "+10000 hours from now,
no matter what the DST/no DST or whatever rules will happen in the
middle"), one can use explicit UTC offsets like <2028-12-11 18:00@UTC+02>

Can you think of any situations when these two variants are not
sufficient? AFAIU, they should cover your example just fine.

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