#1 2008-05-07 21:07:28

**_barry.b_**

FYI: tip in inviting international participants to your meeting

some people are starting to use the TimeAndDate.Com website to show what time the meeting is in their region.

if you've got a Connect meeting that's open to the world, inviting
international participants...

instead of going to http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
(or asking the audience to go there) to convert the meeting time

just hack the URL to the timeanddate.com site for your audience to
use. That way the international participants can just click on the
link to see when the meeting is held in their region.

eg: a meeting planned for May 8 @ 7:00PM MDT

becomes this:

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f … ec=0&p1=65

where:

day=8
month=5
year=2008
hour=19 .... (7:00pm 24 hour time)
min=0
sec=0
p1=65 ....the timezone where the meeting originates, converted to a number

here's the timezone conversions (to get that "p1" value) that
timeanddate.com use:

North American Timezones
---------------------------------------------------------
adt:
      p1=286  :      "Halifax during summer"

akdt:
      p1=18    :      "Anchorage during summer"

akst:
      p1=18    :      "Anchorage during winter"

ast:
      p1=286  :      "Halifax during winter"

cdt:
      p1=64    :      "Chicago during summer"
      p1=155  :      "Mexico City during summer"

cst:
      p1=64    :      "Chicago during winter"
      p1=210  :      "Regina all year"
      p1=155  :      "Mexico City during winter"

edt:
      p1=179  :      "New York during summer"

est:
      p1=179  :      "New York during winter"
      p1=1160  :      "Coral Harbour all year"

hadt:
      p1=13    :      "Adak during summer"

pdt:
      p1=256  :      "Vancouver during summer"
      p1=247  :      "Tijuana during summer"

mdt:
      p1=65    :      "Chihuahua during summer"

hast:
      p1=103  :      "Honolulu all year"
      p1=13    :      "Adak during winter"

ndt:
      p1=175  :      "St. John's during summer"

pst:
      p1=256  :      "Vancouver during winter"
      p1=247  :      "Tijuana during winter"

mst:
      p1=65    :      "Chihuahua during winter"
      p1=197  :      "Phoenix all year"

European Time Zones.
-----------------------------------------
bst:
      p1=136  :      "London during summer"

cest:
      p1=37    :      "Berlin during summer"
      p1=195  :      "Paris during summer"

cet:
      p1=37    :      "Berlin during winter"
      p1=195  :      "Paris during winter"

eest:
      p1=107  :      "Istanbul during summer"
      p1=101  :      "Helsinki during summer"

eet:
      p1=107  :      "Istanbul during winter"
      p1=101  :      "Helsinki during winter"

gmt:
      p1=0    :      "GMT/UTC all year"
      p1=136  :      "London during winter"
      p1=78    :      "Dublin during winter"
      p1=211  :      "Reykjavik all year"

ist:
      p1=78    :      "Dublin during summer"

msd:
      p1=166  :      "Moscow during summer"

msk:
      p1=166  :      "Moscow during winter"

nft:
      p1=725  :      "Kingston all year"

west:
      p1=133  :      "Lisbon during summer"
      p1=701  :      "T\u00F3rshavn during summer"

wet:
      p1=133  :      "Lisbon during winter"
      p1=701  :      "T\u00F3rshavn during winter";

Australian Time Zones:
---------------------------------------------------------
cdt:
      p1=5    :      "Adelaide during summer"

cst:
      p1=5    :      "Adelaide during winter"
      p1=72    :      "Darwin all year"

edt:
      p1=57    :      "Canberra during summer"

est:
      p1=57    :      "Canberra during winter"
      p1=47    :      "Brisbane all year"

wdt:
      p1=196  :      "Perth three year trial: summers from 2006 to 2009"

wst:
      p1=196  :      "Perth during winter"

cxt:
      p1=695  :      "The Settlement all year"
nst:
      p1=175  :      "St. John's during winter"

New Zealand Time Zones:
      p1=22    :      Auckland