Re: #1028 USEFOR 3.1.2 Date: Resolved, I think.

[Harald Tveit Alvestrand <harald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

--On torsdag, juni 30, 2005 08:59:34 -0400 Bruce Lilly <blilly@xxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:

> As implementers will need to read the normative RFC 2822 text, a simple
> reference to section 4.3 of RFC 2822 should suffice.  Otherwise, the
> text should be as close as possible (i.e. identical) to the relevant
> 2822 text so as to avoid misinterpretation (Charles has said that an
> implementation might interpret "EST" as "unknown", which is certainly
> not the intent of RFC 2822).

My reading of the text and the discussion is that the group wishes to allow 
a parser to NOT recognize "EST" as anything more valid than "ABC".
(Otherwise, the whole fuss about requiring handling of "GMT" would be 
completely meaningless.)

This requires permitting the interpretation of "EST" as "unknown", which is 
not the intent of RFC 2822, but is (in my interpretation) the intent of 
this working group.

If anyone but Bruce wants to argue in favour of recognizing *all* timezones 
mentioned in RFC 2822, which is the logical consequence of Bruce's 
argument, please speak up now.
If there is none, I'll declare this issue closed.

                           Harald