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From: yfcw14@castle.ed.ac.uk (K P Donnelly)
Newsgroups: comp.std.internat,comp.mail.headers
Subject: Re: Time zone names on mail outside North America
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Date: 14 Dec 90 18:07:19 GMT
References: <1990Dec13.173731.531@zoo.toronto.edu> <1990Dec13.180844.15200@mp.cs.niu.edu> <1990Dec14.000511.2507@zoo.toronto.edu> <1990Dec14.004807.10995@mp.cs.niu.edu> <1990Dec14.130316.21515@lokkur.dexter.mi.us>
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Isn't the sign convention in numeric dates rather unfortunate?

e.g. If a mail message arives with time stamp
       07:34:02 -0500
this means that it was sent at
       07:34:02 +05:00:00  = 11:34:02 GMT (or "Universal Time")
and *not* at
       07:34:02 -05:00:00  = 02:34:02 GMT

   Kevin Donnelly