Re: [FEATURE REQUEST] Timezone support in org-mode datestamps and org-agenda

[Greg Minshall]

Ihor, Sterling, et al.,

just a thought/reminder.  there are "semantics" and "encoding".  a spec
like ISO-8601 specifies both.  the important thing for org-mode is to
use an encoding that

1. is easily parsable/understandable by the mere mortal

2. allows expression of all the semantics of the underlying spec/specs
   (be that ISO-8601, this new IETF spec, the Library of Congress spec,
   etc.)

3. and, importantly, is designed to *try* to follow updates to the
   underlying spec/specs (which will inevitably happen)

in my experience, it is easiest to accomplish 2 and 3 by adopting the
encoding in the underlying spec/specs (if "specs" -- hopefully they are
compatible! :)

but, i don't doubt that other encodings that accomplish 1, and still
accomplish 2 and 3, exist.

possibly, an important step forward is to complete the sentence,
"Org-mode datestamps are intended to conform to the semantics (but not
necessarily the encoding) specified in the following specifications:
...".

cheers, Greg