[JDEV] Message timestamps

[Benjamin Holzman]

Eric Bowersox wrote:
> 
> I'm wondering if the Jabber <message> tag shouldn't contain some sort of
> (optional) timestamp, which would be useful for figuring out when you
> received an offline message.  I just received two offline messages on my
> Jabber server and I have no idea when they were sent.
> 
> The format should probably be:
> 
> <message>
>     ...
>     <timestamp>19991004T09:53:40</timestamp>
>     ...
> </message>
> 
> where the <timestamp> tag contains the time the message was sent, in ISO
> 8601 format (yyyymmddThh:mm:ss).

Is this GMT?

> 
> I also note that the ICQ message protocol includes a timestamp for delivery
> of "offline" messages when you first log in, which could be translated
> directly across to this format.  Just some food for thought.
> 
>                     Eric
> 
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> Eric J. Bowersox - <ebowersox @corp.webb.net <mailto:erbo at durand.com> >
> Software Engineer - Webb Interactive Services Inc. < http://www.webb.net
> <http://www.webb.net/> >
> 
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