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Dmitry A. Kazakov schrieb:

> Remember that the point was, that 17-aug-2023 refers to an unknown UTC
> time, because we cannot know future regulations. Now, either we know them,
> or not. If we know them, then 17-aug-2023 for any given point on the Earth
> refers to an UTC time. If we don't then 17-aug-2023 is meaningless at the
> locations of unknown regulations.

Can you perhaps declare your own time reference?
If your times need to reflect well defined earthly
physical periods exactly, why not refer to some
unambigous physical entity?