Xref: utzoo comp.std.internat:746 comp.mail.headers:611 Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!mp.cs.niu.edu!rickert From: rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) Newsgroups: comp.std.internat,comp.mail.headers Subject: Re: Time zone names on mail outside North America Message-ID: <1990Dec14.145835.10427@mp.cs.niu.edu> Date: 14 Dec 90 14:58:35 GMT References: <1990Dec14.000511.2507@zoo.toronto.edu> <1990Dec14.004807.10995@mp.cs.niu.edu> <1990Dec14.130316.21515@lokkur.dexter.mi.us> Organization: Northern Illinois University Lines: 26 In article <1990Dec14.130316.21515@lokkur.dexter.mi.us> scs@lokkur.dexter.mi.us (Steve Simmons) writes: >rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) writes: > >> I read what you said, including the second sentence. There are many user >>interfaces that are useful for reading mail. I count 'cat', and 'more' >>amongst them. And I don't think too many people will approve of 'fixing' >>these to convert dates. > >Best joke I've heard all day. `We're going to keep all timestamps in >local zone so our readers can use cat to read mail and not have to >think about how to convert from GMT.' Oh yeah, you can read raw OK. Let me make my point a little clearer. Mail headers are often inserted into the body of other mail messages. Sometimes they appear plain, sometimes offset with white space, sometimes with a character such as '>' or '|'. Will your smart MUA present all the times in these included headers optionally in the timezone of the sender of the original mail (not the current message) or the local timezone, which ever the mail reader prefers? And if headers are only in GMT how can the MUA even find out the time zone of the sender? -- =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= Neil W. Rickert, Computer Science Northern Illinois Univ. DeKalb, IL 60115. +1-815-753-6940