[JDEV] Message timestamps

[Vivre Draco]

On 4 Oct 99,, Benjamin Kahn sounded off on Re: [JDEV] Message timestamps:

> 	Or, how about the number of seconds since 1970?  If we are
> worried about year 2038 issues, we can use a 64-bit number.  ;^) 

   IMHO, a human-readable format is highly preferable -- it minimizes 
the client requirements, which seems to be one of Jabber's 
philosophies. The ISO 8601 or SMTP standards look like the best 
options so far.

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