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1. FLOX Advocate (flox_advocate@floss.social)'s status on Sunday, 29-May-2022 08:29:02 UTC FLOX Advocate

   If your #cfp doesn't plainly state if your event ( and speaker requirements ) is in person ( including city ), virtual or hybrid I'm probably not going to spend more than a minute trying to figure it out

   Please also include expected time zone and offset from UTC :)

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   • LovesTha🥧 (lovestha@floss.social)'s status on Monday, 30-May-2022 03:58:37 UTC LovesTha🥧

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     @FLOX_advocate I hate seeing timezone without offset.

     No one knows all the worlds time zones by initials, and the initials people use are frequently not unique.

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   • valhalla (valhalla@social.gl-como.it)'s status on Monday, 30-May-2022 11:35:18 UTC valhalla

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     • LovesTha🥧
     @FLOX_advocate @LovesTha Also, if the event is (partially) virtual/remote please please please just add the times already in UTC: it makes it so much easier for anybody as they only have to apply their own known offset rather than having to calculate the offset difference first / using a converter.
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   • FLOX Advocate (flox_advocate@floss.social)'s status on Monday, 30-May-2022 11:35:54 UTC FLOX Advocate

     in reply to

     • valhalla
     • LovesTha🥧

     @valhalla @LovesTha for the cfp I mostly want to know what time zone the conference considers home so that some jerk doesn't accidentally tell them that 06:00 on a Sun morning is OK for giving a presentation :)

     For instance, SeaGL's home is Seattle, WA, USA, so I want to know it's in PT ( Pacific Time ) and UTC-7

     No idea if other TZs also have a PT, hence also UTC

     You're right, UTC is sufficient, but I like to know actual TZ as well for those places that do the daylight savings time dance

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