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Items known by CurrentValue
CurrentValue can be used to poll the state of numerous system values such as the mouse position. Its help page doesn't list all possible items, though. An item like ...
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Why do DateList, DateString, and AstronomicalData ignore $TimeZone?
My reading of the documentation for DateList and DateString lead me to believe that both functions use ...
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Is it safe to change the value of $TimeZone?
I'd like to configure some of my notebooks to assume all calculations using dates, times and locations (notably AstronomicalData , but others too) take place at the ...
