Re: Can servlet know the timezone of the browser?

There are a few concepts that are important to make clear, and that
are often confused.

1. locale: meaning a locale ID, OR data associated with a locale ID,
OR a set of user perferences having something to do with location or
language or maybe other stuff. These are quite different.

2. time zones: meaning the zone as defined in the Olson data, OR a
format for such a time zone. The latter definitely belong in locales,
just a number formats do. The definition of timezones themselves, I
believe, do not.

Mark
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carl W. Brown" <cbrown@xnetinc.com>
To: <www-international@w3.org>
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 17:28
Subject: RE: Can servlet know the timezone of the browser?


>
> Paul,
>
> I think of a locale as a set of data for parameters that are
universal that
> vary by either language or location.  In this broad definition
things like
> mailing address formats and time zones fit in the criteria as well
as the
> traditional locale parameters.  I do not believe that they have to
be
> universal to most applications.  You speak of cultural preferences.
While
> times zones are partially geophysical they are also cultural.  Time
zones
> have disputed boundaries, starting and ending daylight times based
on
> non-Gregorian calendars, political enclaves who do not want DST,
half hour
> DST zones.  etc.   They are often cultural as well.
>
> My original point is that they can be managed in the application
just like
> the application manages locales.  I feel as such you can consider
them an
> extention to traditional locales.
>
> Carl
>
>
>
>

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