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From: Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>
To: djb@koobera.math.uic.edu (D. J. Bernstein)
cc: drums@cs.utk.edu, moore@cs.utk.edu
Subject: Re: timezones & Date 
In-reply-to: Your message of "22 Mar 1996 17:26:49 GMT."
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Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 19:18:41 -0500
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> I think it suffices to say ``Time zones MUST be in numeric format.''
> Perhaps with an explanation of why: ``This lets the receiving MUA
> reliably show the Date information in the receiver's local time.''

I'd leave off the last part.  I want my MUA to be able to sort 
dates using GMT, but when I read a message, I want to know the
sender's local time when the message was sent.

I'd go so far as to say that senders SHOULD use their local time
zone (rather than GMT or +0000) when adding a Date header.

Keith