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https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=16962 Summary: i18n-ISSUE-92: time zone vs. time zone offset Product: HTML WG Version: unspecified Platform: PC OS/Version: Windows NT Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) AssignedTo: ian@hixie.ch ReportedBy: addison@lab126.com QAContact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org CC: mike@w3.org, public-html-wg-issue-tracking@w3.org, public-html@w3.org 2.5.5.7 Global dates and times http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/single-page.html#global-dates-and-times This section gives a number of examples that equate time zone offset with an actual time zone. For example: -- "1979-10-14T12:00:00.001-04:00" One millisecond after noon on October 14th 1979, in the time zone in use on the east coast of the USA during daylight saving time. -- It should be made clear that a zone offset is not the same thing as a time zone. Mention should be made of the need for separate time zone information when working with real date and time values in use cases that depend on it (see our note "Working with Time Zones") Norbert commented: The issue really is: why don't we use IANA time zone names to identify time zones? "-04:00" could be "the time zone in use on the east coast of the USA during daylight saving time", but it could also be one of many other time zones. -- Configure bugmail: https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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