Re: [POLL] Proposed syntax for timestamps with time zone info

[Marcin Borkowski]

Out of curiosity: in what time zone you were when you sent this???


On 2023-10-29, at 02:04, Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> wrote:

> * tomas@tuxteam.de <tomas@tuxteam.de> [2023-02-01 12:22]:
>> ...which stems from the fact that the very concept of "time zone"
>> is somewhat ambiguous, too. 
>
> For human who reads it without calculating anything, yes.
>
> For computer which is supposed to be programmed by using the time zone
> database, no.
>
>> Some time zone designations carry the fact of whether they are
>> supposed to be summer times or not with them (as with CET/CEST),
>> some not (as above). The time zone database is only known for a
>> limited time into future and may change with political
>> vagaries. Yadda, yadda.
>
> Very right. 
>
> At least the history is more certain than the future in regards to
> time calculations with computer.


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