UPDATE: KEP 2: Modification of datetime: store local time, add 'tz' attribute (revision #10743)
Georg C. F. Greve
greve at kolabsys.com
Wed Dec 22 13:20:15 CET 2010
Hi all,
Based on the discussions of the last days, KEP 2 has undergone a major rewrite
to make the change to storage of time in *local time* instead of UTC, based on
RFC3339 formatting.
If you do not understand why this change was necessary, and in particular if
you would like to debate this change, please make sure you have read,
understood and thought a while about
http://wiki.kolab.org/User:Greve/Drafts:KEP:2#Description_of_the_issue
and the thread starting at
http://kolab.org/pipermail/kolab-format/2010-December/001178.html
which contain the most important parts in the most concise form available.
The ultra short version is: UTC storage is an oversimplification of the issue
that only works with substantial overhead and client side logic, which
ultimately makes it more complicated than local time storage.
The complete KEP 2 draft is online at
http://wiki.kolab.org/User:Greve/Drafts:KEP:2
and comments should as usual go to kolab-format at kolab.org.
As this was a major rewrite, it touched many parts of the KEP, so some proof
reading and checking for editing artefacts would be appreciated.
Best regards,
Georg
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