IPP Mail Archive: Re: IPP> MOD - part of Issue 17 - don't need negative "time-at

Re: IPP> MOD - part of Issue 17 - don't need negative "time-at

harryl@us.ibm.com
Wed, 28 Apr 1999 12:59:11 -0600

It's just a time zone. It's been a while since I wore the uniform... but I
think it's GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) i.e. the arbitrarily chosen starting
point.

Harry Lewis
IBM Printing Systems
harryl@us.ibm.com

Jay Martin <jkm@underscore.com> on 04/28/99 12:29:33 PM

Please respond to jkm@underscore.com

To: Michael Sweet <mike@easysw.com>
cc: "'ipp'" <ipp@pwg.org> (bcc: Harry Lewis/Boulder/IBM)
Subject: Re: IPP> MOD - part of Issue 17 - don't need negative
"time-at-xxx" Job Attributes

Michael Sweet wrote:
>
> And if the site uses ZULU for all time (e.g. all military
> installations and some government installations?), what then?

In the interest of better documenting this important
thread, would you mind briefly explaining the concept
and mechanism of "ZULU time" and how might impact printer
development?

...jay