Use UTC instead of EST to store the timestamps; they're both wrong anyway.

[dead/htsn-import.git] / doc / man1 / htsn-import.1

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+++ b/doc/man1/htsn-import.1
@@ -381,9 +381,11 @@ The \(dqtime zone\(dq is given as \(dqET\(dq, but unfortunately
 \(dqET\(dq is not a valid time zone. It stands for \(dqEastern
 Time\(dq, which can belong to either of two time zones, EST or EDT,
 based on the time of the year (that is, whether or not daylight
-savings time is in effect). Since we can't tell from the timestamp, we
-always parse these as EST which is UTC-5. When daylight savings is in
-effect, they will be off by an hour.
+savings time is in effect) and one's location (for example, Arizona
+doesn't observe daylight savings time). It's not much more useful to
+be off by one hour than it is to be off by five hours, and since we
+can't determine the true offset from the timestamp, we always parse
+and store these as UTC.
 
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