Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!ugle.unit.no!nuug!ifi!enag From: enag@ifi.uio.no (Erik Naggum) Newsgroups: comp.std.internat Subject: Re: Time zone names on mail outside North America Message-ID: Date: 19 Dec 90 13:22:16 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> <1990Dec15.180350.5920@alphalpha.com> <1990Dec18.163218.938@dg-rtp.d Sender: enag@ifi.uio.no (Erik Naggum) Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 13 Nntp-Posting-Host: svarte.ifi.uio.no In-Reply-To: eliot@jester.rtp.dg.com's message of 18 Dec 90 16:32:18 GMT Originator: enag@svarte.ifi.uio.no In article <1990Dec18.163218.938@dg-rtp.dg.com>, Topher Eliot writes: I basically agree with this, but watch out for time zone names that contain characters with the high bit on! I don't know that any are in use, but as far as I know, there's nothing in the (other) time zone mechanisms to prevent them from being created. Except that RFC 822 and 821 specify that Internet mail is 7-bit, only. -- [Erik Naggum] Snail: Naggum Software / BOX 1570 VIKA / 0118 OSLO / NORWAY Mail: , My opinions. Wail: +47-2-836-863 Another int'l standards dude.