List Close and OpenTimes - 2 Cents

[Mike]

--- "Steve" wrote:
> 
> I am assuming the group will close on Saturday morning 
> July 21 at Midnight, but I'm not sure in which timezone.

Mike:
Hi Steve,
The list will close at 0001 hrs 21 Jul 07 British Summer Time (BST), 
(like my military time and date? ;)). Which by the way is 1 hour 
ahead of GMT since GMT never goes on daylight savings time. That 
means the list closes on Friday at 7PM EDT, 6PM CDT and so on.

> Steve:
> This is only significant if we have list elves in 
> Australia and depending on when the books is released in
> Australia. If it is the same time and date as the rest of
> the world, then they will get it first.

Mike:
Actually, Australia, being 9 hours or so ahead of BST will have the 
book released at the same time as their British mates, meaning they 
get the book at 9 AM Saturday morning. I believe that timeframe is 
true for every country east of Britain. It's only us poor shmucks 
west of the Prime Meridian that have to wait for our local clocks to 
strike midnight before we get our grubby little hands on Deathly 
Hallows.

> Steve concludes:
> <snip city>
> As I propose, from Saturday 12:00am Central (CDT) to 
> Tuesday 12:00pm CDT, which is actually 3-1/2 days
> (assuming CDT is where most Elves are). 
> 
> Does that make sense? Seems to ramble a bit.

Mike:
Well, like I said, the list will close at 6:00 PM Friday Central 
Daylight Time (CDT). So does that mean you would stick with 3-1/2 
days  making it 6:00 AM your time, or would you still opt for Tuesday 
at noon anyway?

And since this is on the feedback list, you get to ramble all you 
want. :D (Besides, I snipped out some of your ramblers)

Mike, noting it doesn't matter where the elves live, we gotta suck it 
up and get back in the game. ;))