Message-Id: <199603260116.UAA11204@CS.UTK.EDU>
To: drums@cs.utk.edu
From: "Roger Fajman" <RAF@CU.NIH.GOV>
Date:     Mon, 25 Mar 1996  20:14:00 EST
Subject:  Re:  timezones & Date

> Problem is, this means that readers don't know whether +0000 is an
> honest GMT or an expression of ignorance. We should either require the
> correct zone or provide an explicit means to declare that, even though
> the actual time is correct, the zone is unknown.

It's somewhat of a kludge, but +0001 could be used to indicate
ignorance of the actual time zone.  I don't think it's likely to
conflict with any real time zone.  :-)