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From: jef@well.UUCP (Jef Poskanzer)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: Is anyone interested in putting local time in the "Date:" header?
Message-ID: <14752@well.UUCP>
Date: 28 Nov 89 22:32:30 GMT
References: <580@logicon.arpa>
Reply-To: Jef Poskanzer <jef@well.sf.ca.us>
Organization: Paratheo-Anametamystikhood Of Eris Esoteric, Ada Lovelace Cabal
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In the referenced message, Makey@LOGICON.ARPA (Jeff Makey) wrote:
}Rather than make a change that will very likely break someone's news
}software, somewhere,

Where?  Can you come up with an example?

}                     it would make a lot more sense to simply modify
}your favorite newsreader program to convert GMT to local time before
}displaying it.  I admit this is more difficult to do,

It's not merely difficult, it's impossible.  The information isn't there.
Remember, we are talking about local time at the sender, not the reader.

}I'll bet that the RFC requires GMT, anyway.

Does it?  And if it does, does it matter?
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Jef

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