Re: Three inconsistently defined dates in Atom

[Evan Martin <martine@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 02:15:36PM -0800, Dare Obasanjo wrote:
> > Yes, they will be inserted by software but not all software keeps
> > track of timezones. I remember LiveJournal at least saying that they
> > didn't keep track of timezone for issued.
> 
> The spec should not make excuses for shitty software.  Dates without
> timezones should not be enouraged on a global network like the World
> Wide Web. 

Do you think it's a good idea to make a new standard that excludes a
significant percentage of its users?


--evan, who is still avoiding the real time issues because nobody
answered him the last time he asked

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Evan Martin
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