Date: 21 Mar 1996 09:21:00 +0200
From: kai@khms.westfalen.de (Kai Henningsen)
To: drums@cs.utk.edu
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Subject: Re: timezones & Date
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kre@munnari.oz.au (Robert Elz)  wrote on 20.03.96 in <4494.827325494@munnari.OZ.AU>:

>     Date:        Tue, 19 Mar 1996 10:56:35 -0800
>     From:        Dave Crocker <dcrocker@brandenburg.com>
>     Message-ID:  <v0300560aad74b28a1a18@[205.214.160.50]>
>
>     In my opinion, we should madate UT with offset as the sole form to
>     be generated, with only vestigal handling (parsing) of messages
> generated     in other forms.
>
> I'm not exactly clear on what you're proposing there, if it is
>
> 	Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 10:56:35 -0800
>
> (from your message), then that's fine, I agree.   If you're

That's the way I understand it.

It might be beneficial to remind people of comments here. That allows  
people that want to include their timezone name to do it. An example might  
be

Date: 08 Mar 1996 23:51:00 +0200 (MEZ)

This even allows time zones not allowed in 822 without any trouble for  
anyone, and so should make everyone happy.

>     unless for some reason the originator wants an earlier time
>     (and their UA lets them specify it.)
>
> I'm not sure we need the "earlier" there, just "different".
> If the UA permits it (not required), and the user has some
> reason for bothering, let them say any time they want.

In fact, I know UAs offering this as a privacy feature - all your messages  
are shown to be from a fixed time so your boss can't conclude how you  
spent yur time. It's of course mostly useful for offline UAs.

I don't like it, but I still think it should be legal.

MfG Kai