RE: draft of LC comment to XML Schema WG

Peter F. Patel-Schneider wrote:

>> the comparison between two dateTimes without a timezone 
>> should always lead to the same result for both XSD and OWL,
>> or do I overlook something here?
>
>Yes.  If a tool "repairs" dateTime values without a timezone by putting
>in a local timezone, then two dateTime values that are identical
>according to XML Schema datatypes may end up being unequal (because they
>receive different timezone values).

I just wonder why a tool would add *different* timezones when comparing two
dateTimes without timezones.

But, well, if nothing is spec'ed, a tool can, of course, do whatever it
wants.

Cheers,
Michael

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