Timezone needed?

Bo Thorsen bo at klaralvdalens-datakonsult.se
Wed Jun 30 09:11:12 CEST 2004


On Wednesday 30 June 2004 08:57, Joon Radley wrote:
> Hi
>
> > Then we are in agreement. I have also supported the inclusion
> > of the Z from the start. It is not just explicit, but is a
> > widely used convention and should tell the reader/paser
> > programmer at a glance that he/she is working in UTC.
> >
> > Have we reached quorum then? Can this issue be laid to rest?
>
> Yes please.
>
> For clarity, the date time will only be expressed in UTC ( with the Z
> added ) and no additional timezone information will be added?

Yes. So basically all this discussion results in this patch to the specs:

Index: overview.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /kolabrepository/doc/kolab-formats/overview.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.9
diff -u -3 -p -r1.9 overview.sgml
--- overview.sgml       15 Jun 2004 14:04:33 -0000      1.9
+++ overview.sgml       30 Jun 2004 07:08:25 -0000
@@ -69,9 +69,11 @@ lines)</para></listitem>

 <listitem><para>Date YYYY-MM-DD</para></listitem>

-<listitem><para>Datetime YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss - always in
-UTC. The T is the literal char, and always needs to be between the
-date and the time. Example could be 2004-05-04T15:00:00.
+<listitem><para>Datetime YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ. The T is the literal
+char, and always needs to be between the date and the time. The Z is
+the also the literal char, and shows that the datetime is UTC. The
+format does not allow for other time settings than UTC. An example
+could be 2004-05-04T15:00:00Z.
 </para></listitem>

 <listitem><para>Color #RRGGBB -- The rgb values are case insensitive,

Patch checked in and ps/pdf versions rebuilt and uploaded to the usual 
place.

Bo.

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     Bo Thorsen                 |   Praestevejen 4
     Senior Software Engineer   |   5290 Marslev
     Klarälvdalens Datakonsult  |   Denmark
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