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From: djb@koobera.math.uic.edu (D. J. Bernstein)
To: drums@cs.utk.edu
Subject: Re: timezones & Date

> The time zone is necessary in order to sort messages by date/time sent,

Red herring. You are attacking a proposal that I never made, namely
_omitting_ the time zone in violation of RFC 822.

Right now I'm simply pointing out the uselessness of adding a time
zone label in a comment.

> > Presenting this information in a usable form demands knowledge of the
> > _receiver's_ time zone, which the sender doesn't know.
> Say what???
> The receiving MUA knows its timezone.

That's why it can present the information in a usable form. What exactly
are you disagreeing with?

---Dan