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From: jef@ace.ee.lbl.gov (Jef Poskanzer)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: Is anyone interested in putting local time in the "Date:" header?
Message-ID: <4457@helios.ee.lbl.gov>
Date: 14 Dec 89 06:48:00 GMT
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Reply-To: Jef Poskanzer <jef@well.sf.ca.us>
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X-Local-Date: 13 Dec 89 22:48:00 PST

In the referenced message, mark@sickkids.UUCP (Mark Bartelt) wrote:
}We've seen nearly three dozen articles on this ridiculous topic, and
}I don't believe anyone, including Mr. Poskanzer himself, has provided
}any explanation as to why anyone *cares* what the local time was when
}an article was posted.

I posted an explanation in the original article.  Admittedly, I was
joking, but I thought the real reason would be obvious: I want to see
the local time on locally-posted articles.  Adding X-Local-Date: turns
out to be the simplest way to get this.
---
Jef

  Jef Poskanzer  jef@well.sf.ca.us  {ucbvax, apple, hplabs}!well!jef
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