At 10:24 08/02/99 -0700, Nick Webb wrote:
>>>On the subject of timestamp, I think the only one we have to be concerned
>with in a >wire protocol is the date/time of sending. All other timestamps
>are provided by the >receiver and hence are local implementation issues.
>>I agree, but at the risk of flogging this one to death - do you mean that
>the sender only sends date/time from his perspective and does not need to
>pass timezone information to the receiver?
I didn't mean to prejudge that issue.
I personally think that it would be appropriate for an Internet protocol to
pass timezone information. But I think we must also recognize that if the
message arrives via an onramp then that information might be unavailable
(though an auxiliary gateway timestamp with timezone might be also included).
#g
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Graham Klyne
(GK at ACM.ORG)