[VOTE] LR-2023-6 The Standard Date Time Act

[Dremaur]

Provost CyberiumShadow has proposed the Standard Date Time Act on 2023-02-08T05:10:00Z. This was seconded by Magister Cappedore on 2023-02-27T12:10:00Z

@CyberiumShadow

BE IT ENACTED BY THE MAGISTERIUM OF THE EAST PACIFIC

SECTION I. CITATION & DEFINITIONS

1. This Act shall be known and cited as “The Standard Date Time Act”.
2. For the purposes of this Act, “TEP Forums” is outlined as “The East Pacific’s official forum” in The Regional Services and Securty Act.

SECTION II. OFFICIAL TIME STANDARD

1. The official timezone for the East Pacific shall be Universal Coordinated Time, also known by the abbreviation UTC.
2. The official date format for the East Pacific shall be the “Discourse standard”, defined as YYYY-MM-DD
3. 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.
4. All date-timestamps posted on the TEP Forums used to define legal deadlines must use the Discourse-native “date” code functionality.
5. Examples of compliant date-time codes are displayed in Appendix A.

SECTION III. EXEMPTIONS

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.

SECTION IV. ENACTMENT

1. Upon enactment of this Act, the Standard Time Act shall be repealed in it’s entirety.

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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 timezone="UTC"]

Pursuant to the Standing Orders of the Magisterium, this proposal needs a standard majority of voting Magisters to pass. In addition, the quorum of 50% must be upheld.

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Voting period of 168 hours (1 week) occurs between the following time period 2023-02-28T08:00:00Z→2023-03-07T08:00:00Z

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

• Aye / For
• Nay / Against
• Present

Active Magisters

• Asendavia
• ArenaC
• American-Cascadia
• Cappedore
• CyberiumShadow
• Dabeez
• Dremaur
• Kyon Thomas
• McStooley
• Sammy23
• Zukchiva (EPSA)
• Kingdom_of_Napels
• The Ambis

[AC5230]

TEP/WA: ArenaC

AYE

[Dremaur]

Dremaur (TEP/WA: EPSA) votes Aye

[Sammy23]

TEP/WA New Leganes

AYE

[SiriusBlack8009]

TEP: The East Ambis
WA: The Ambis
FOR

[American-Cascadia]

TEP/WA: American-Cascadia

AYE

[KyonThomas]

Kyon (TEP/WA: West Nagato) votes FOR

[Asendavia]

TEP: Asendavia
WA: Asendavia

AYE

[CyberiumShadow]

TEP: Cyberstrom
WA: EPSA

Aye

[Cappedore]

TEP+WA: CAPPEDORE

Aye

[McStooley]

WA/TEP Dragons Blood

Nay

[Dabeez]

TEP/WA: Empire of Dabiristan

Votes: Aye

[Zukchiva]

Tep zukchiva wa epsa

Zukchiva votes aye

[Dremaur]

This vote has concluded as of 2023-03-06T21:00:00Z.

As 12 out of 13 eligible Magisters have voted, Quorum has been met.

Vote	Count	Voting % (Total %)
AYE	11	92% (84%)
NAY	1	8% (7%)
ABSTAIN	0	N/A (0%)

Non-Voting Magisters

• Kingdom_of_Napels

Pursuant to the Standing Orders, The Magisterium has unanimously voted to enact the Standard Time Act as proposed.

The Bill will now be sent to the Delegate for approval.