- From: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 13:49:01 +0100
- To: Leo Sauermann <leo@gnowsis.com>
- Cc: www-rdf-calendar@w3.org, Ietf-calsify@osafoundation.org
On Sep 14, 2004, at 3:41 PM, Leo Sauermann wrote: > > >> >> Also in the debate on this list was listing all entries in UTC. This >> would eliminate the need for VTIMEZONE in many (all?) components. >> Yet the CUA still needs to do TZ math. So this is a proposal on >> how to have simple IANA registered time zones so that everyone does >> the same math. > > uhhh.. > many of todays calendars in VCAL have errors about timezones. > If mozilla/kde/whatever doesn't get it, we rdf developers won't get > it, too. But mozilla/kde/whatever do get it, increasingly. Don't let's fall into the trap of thinking that producing new specifications will fix the fact that the old ones aren't implemented well. > so I would recommend to always store time in local time format with > timezone, because any UI (cell phone, whatever) then may display it > without any math. But if it can't tell that a meeting at 1pm NY time conflicts with a meeting at 12noon Chicago time, what good is that? Just use plain text if you don't want the computer to actually help. -- Dan
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