[R-2025-45] Repeal Standard Date and Time Act

[Lucklife]

Deputy Provost @Lucklife proposed to Repeal the Standard Date and Time Act. This was motioned to vote by Deputy Provost @Lucklife on Wednesday, October 15, 2025 2:22 AM and seconded by Deputy Provost @ernestdrake on Wednesday, October 15, 2025 2:24 AM.

The Act to be repealed read as follows

Current as of 2023-12-15T13:00:00Z

SECTION I. CITATION

…1.1. This Act shall be known and cited as the “Standard Date Time Act”.

SECTION II. DEFINITIONS

…2.1. For the purposes of this Act, “TEP Forums” shall be “https://forum.theeastpacific.com”.

SECTION III. OFFICIAL TIME STANDARD

…3.1. The official timezone for the East Pacific shall be Universal Coordinated Time, also known by the abbreviation UTC.

…3.2. The official date format for the East Pacific shall be the “Discourse standard”, defined as YYYY-MM-DD
…3.2.1. YYYY-MM-DD is comprised of the following: a). YYYY is defined as the Year; ie 2023. b). MM is defined as the Month; ie 02. c). DD is defined as the Day; ie 07.

…3.3. All date-timestamps posted on the TEP Forums used to define legal deadlines must use the Discourse-native “date” code functionality.
…3.3.1. Examples of compliant date-time codes are displayed in Appendix A.

SECTION IV. EXEMPTIONS

…4.1. The provisions of this Act do not preclude or prevent the usage of any other timezone or date-time measurement system for non-official purposes.

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Appendix A. Example of Compliant Date & Time Codes

• Individual date & time: [date=2023-02-07 time=11:30:00 format="LLLL z" timezone="UTC"]
• Date & time range: [date-range from=2023-01-07T11:30:00 to=2023-01-07T11:30:00 format="LLLL z" timezone="UTC"]

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INFORMATION

This repeal needs a majority of voting Magisters and a 50% quorum to pass.

IMPORTANT

A one week voting period will occur between the following period:
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 3:40 AM→Wednesday, October 22, 2025 3:40 AM

Choices for voting: Vote AYE or FOR if you are in favor.
Vote NAY or AGAINST if you are against.
Vote PRESENT or ABSTAIN if you cannot make a decision.

Vote:

• AYE | FOR
• NAY | AGAINST
• PRESENT | ABSTAIN

List of Active Magisters - 24

#	Forum Name	TEP Name
1	AC5230	ArenaC
2	A_mean_old_man	A mean old man
3	Arleat	Arleat
4	Art_Sokala	Sokala
5	Asendavia	Asendavia
6	Cappedore	Cappedore
7	Cretox	Cretox State
8	CyberiumShadow	Cyberstrom
9	Domais	New Domais
10	GioSivo	Pledonia
11	Ladona	Ladonatalacton
12	Lucklife	Lucklife
13	Mangegneithe	Aivintis
14	McStooley	Dragons Blood
15	Merlo	Merlovich
16	Sammy23	New Leganes
17	SourKingland	Sour Kingland
18	Ulmer	Lionsroar
19	Virgolia	Weewooweewooweewoo
20	Zukchiva	Zukchiva
21	ernestdrake	Hemogard
22	krill6034	Kriilatia
23	lime_30000	Jakun
24	stygian549	Belrille

List of Inactive Magisters - 5

#	Forum Name	TEP Name	Notes
1	Lointland	Lointland	Suspended from 2025-08-14T00:00:00Z
2	Atrocha	Atrocha	Suspended from 2025-10-03T00:00:00Z
3	Marrabuk	Marrabuk	Suspended from 2025-10-03T00:00:00Z
4	burgerkingfootlettuce	Estande	Suspended from 2025-10-03T00:00:00Z
5	Voli	Volinovia	Suspended from 2025-10-03T00:00:00Z

[Ladona]

This vote automatically closed at Wednesday, October 22, 2025 3:40 AM

21 of the 23 active Magisters have voted making this vote QUORATE.
NOTE: The number of active Magisters decreased due to A_mean_old_man assuming the position of Delegate before the vote closed.

Vote Breakdown

FOR	AGAINST	ABSTAIN
AC5230	McStooley
Arleat
Asendavia
burgerkingfootlettuce
Cappedore
CyberiumShadow
Domais
ernestdrake
GioSivo
Ladona
lime_30000
Lucklife
Merlo
Sammy23
SourKingland
Ulmer
Zukchiva
Mangegneithe
Rudak
Virgolia
Total: 95.2%	Total: 4.8%

REMINDER

Abstentions only count towards determining if a quorum was reached; they are not counted in the final result. Invalid votes according to the Standing Orders of the Magisterium are not counted at all.

Results

With 95.2% voting FOR, this vote to repeal Standard Date and Time Act has PASSED. The Executive will be notfiied.

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List of Slackers

Art_Sokala
Cretox
Lointland
Marrabuk
Atrocha
Voli
stygian549
krill6034