What would possess someone to make a drop downlist to choose
a time zone that looks like this:
What time zone would you choose if you were in Louisville,
KY?
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I think it's similarly bad when people put EST. Your
average users doesn't know that's their time zone.
P.S. New York, incidentally.
I know my time zone where I live, but not always when I
travel. My cell phone automagically knows the local
time, I wish my laptop and Pocket PC did the same.
Good point on the travel thing. But I would be far less
likely to get the correct time zone from this list if I
was traveling I think.
Indianapolis is basically north of Louisville (ok, a bit
to the west). We have a problem here at work when people
are signing up for the service that this list appears in
choosing Indianapolis or wondering why Louisville isn't
in the list.
I'm surprised how many people don't realize Louisville
is in the eastern time zone, and so is New York. Just
seems like even if you know your time zone, you have to
think too much.