RE: Is it legitimate to compare 2 dateTime without timezones?

Also, keep in mind that even when you use a timezone, it is a construction 
in the lexical form that is not distinguishable separately in the value. 
The difference between

        1PM GMT-5
and     6PM GMT  (I know these aren't the right lexical forms)

is much like the difference between:

        1E+2
and     100.0

in float.  The two sets of forms represent the same values, respectively, 
and will compare equal. I was against this design choice for date/time, as 
I felt that users would expect timezones to be significant if supplied.  I 
lost, and it's certainly too late to change now.  Even when timezones are 
supplied, they cannot be seen directly in the value space. 

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