Re: XML message format draft

[Dave Crocker <dcrocker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Graham,

Friday, February 7, 2003, 8:54:23 AM, you wrote:
>>3. Was always expressed in terms of UTC/GMT.
GK> Er, in a sense, that requirement conflicts with your 2.   RFC2822
GK> explicitly allows (and, I think, encourages) use of non-UTC 
GK> timezones.  RFC3339 allows just Z or a numeric offset, so normalizing to
GK> UTC should always be easy to do.

In addition, knowing the timezone of origin can be very helpful to the reader.  did
the author write the note at the beginning of their day?  the end?
the middle of the night?

d/
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