[JDEV] Message timestamps

[Max Horn]

> > > 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?
>
>It probably should be, to keep people in differnt time zones from getting
>confused.  The ICQ "offline message" timestamp is also sent in GMT.
>
>					Eric
>

I'd like to add that the timestap should be GMT but should also 
include a "timezone" attribute - it's nice to see when something was 
written (in localtime), for various purposes. Note: this should be an 
additional information...


Just my $0.02


Max
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