In message <199701022328.PAA05986@shade.twinsun.com>, Paul Eggert wrote:
While we're on the subject, I think `-00:00' is a kludge and should be removed. How about the following convention instead?
`Z' means the time is in UTC and the local UTC offset is unknown or undefine d. `+00' means the time is in UTC and the local UTC offset is 0.
This conveys the same information as the convention proposed in section 4.2 of draft-newman-datetime-00.txt, but it's easier to explain and is more consistent.
Excellent suggestion! This will make clear whether the timestamp was created in London or by a device that does not care about local time. Markus -- Markus G. Kuhn, Computer Science grad student, Purdue University, Indiana, USA -- email: kuhn@cs.purdue.edu