Re: 2017-03-06- UTC, TImeZone, DayLight Saving Shifts, Enconding

That sounds like a good plan; discussing it on this mailing list isn't going to involve the right people, and it's not particularly topical here.

Cheers,


> On 8 Mar 2017, at 7:20 am, Joe Touch <touch@ISI.EDU> wrote:
> 
> Hi, all,
> 
> FYI - this was all discussed on the IETF main list, starting with a post
> on Dec 31, 2016:
> 
> https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ietf/To8dZTn9uBJLnzqIvEDPpNnA1rc
> 
> We went down all these roads before (including TAI, UTC, and local time).
> 
> The real problem, as noted by Michael, is that Unix time is "none of the
> above" and has no simple conversion to the above.
> 
> And that the IETF doesn't govern the definition of Unix time.
> 
> However, I'm pulling together a draft on the this issue in order to
> cache this information for future users.
> 
> Those interested in collaborating are encouraged to contact me off-list
> directly. I'll try to pull in some folks from the Dec/Jan IETF
> discussion as well.
> 
> Joe
> 
> 
> 
> 

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