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Article #156Re: Time zone names on mail outside North America
From: Alan DI Millar
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 1990 08:16
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 1990 08:16
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Here's my personal opinion for what it is worth. I like the headers that use the numeric offset with a description in parentheses, such as: Date: 14 Jun 1990 11:23:35 -0800 (PDT) Another alternative which I have not seen but might be nice is: Date: 14 Dec 1990 11:23:35 -0700 (Pacific Std Time) Either way it can be easily read (comments) and easily processed (numbers). And don't forget: the RFCs now state that four-digit years are acceptable. Better fix the software now. (I tell you, I'm getting out of computing by 1999 when all the world's stupid two-digit date software explodes :-) - Alan Millar AMillar@cup.portal.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!fernwood!portal!cup.portal.com!AMillar From: AMillar@cup.portal.com (Alan DI Millar) Newsgroups: comp.std.internat,comp.mail.headers Subject: Re: Time zone names on mail outside North America Message-ID: <36909@cup.portal.com> Date: 14 Dec 90 08:16:53 GMT References: <1990Dec13.173731.531@zoo.toronto.edu> <1990Dec13.180844.15200@mp.cs.niu.edu> <1990Dec14.000511.2507@zoo.toronto.edu> <1990Dec14.004807.10995@mp.cs.niu.edu> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 16