[Kolab-devel] KEP 2: Modification of datetime type, introduction of 'tz' sub-tag

[Hendrik Helwich]

Hi Georg,

> [...]
>
> Examples of valid 'start-date' fields using datetime structures according
> to the above specification are
>
> - <start-date>2010-01-31T11:27:21Z</start-date>
>
> - <start-date>2010-01-31T11:27:21+00:00</start-date>
>
> - <start-date>1996-12-19T16:39:57-08:00</start-date>
>
> -
> <start-date>1996-12-19T16:39:57-08:00<tz>America/Sao_Paulo</tz></start-date
>>
>
> Note: The first two examples are identical to the datetime type used in
> Kolab XML storage prior to this modification.

is the second example a valid kolab datetime value? Referring to [1] only the 
first example should be valid. But both forms hold the same information so 
this is not a problem but maybe a small inconsistency with the kolab format 
specification.

Where are DST information stored? Is this information read from an external 
source or is it stored inside the kolab format?

Best Regards.

Hendrik

[1] http://kolab.org/doc/kolabformat-2.0rc7-html/x123.html#AEN143


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