[wp-testers] Wordpress UTC Time

[Jennifer Hodgdon]

Matt wrote:
> Well, for a checkbox for "Daylight Savings Time is In Effect" it would be
> +1, in North America at least. :P

The time of year they change is opposite, but "daylight savings time" 
or "summer time" is still + 1 hour in the southern hemisphere.

Believe me you do not want WP to figure out daylight savings rules for 
the world. It is one of the most complex subjects I have ever written 
software for...

FYI, at least as of a few years ago (when I actually was writing 
time/date/daylight savings software), no country changed by 1/2 hour 
for daylight savings. The variation was just in when during the year 
countries changed; also some don't change at all. Some time zones are 
also 1/2 hour off their neighbors (and a few even 1/4 hour off) for 
their base time zone, but when they go on daylight savings, they set 
the clocks ahead by an hour.

     Jennifer