Xref: utzoo comp.std.internat:739 comp.mail.headers:605 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!charon!dik From: dik@cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter) Newsgroups: comp.std.internat,comp.mail.headers Subject: Re: Time zone names on mail outside North America Message-ID: <2686@charon.cwi.nl> Date: 14 Dec 90 01:50:23 GMT References: <1990Dec12.211026.8029@dg-rtp.dg.com> <1990Dec13.173731.531@zoo.toronto.edu> <1990Dec13.184756.16409@Think.COM> Sender: news@cwi.nl Followup-To: comp.std.internat Organization: CWI, Amsterdam Lines: 10 In article <1990Dec13.184756.16409@Think.COM> barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin) writes: > One argument I've heard against this is that it is useful for the Date > field to be presented in the sender's time zone. That way it is easy to > tell that the reason the sender was confused is because he sent the message > late at night when he was likely too tired to think clearly. I second this (please note the time stamp of this message; it is already quite late overhere). :-) -- dik t. winter, cwi, amsterdam, nederland dik@cwi.nl