[JDEV] Message timestamping and route tracking

[Scott Robinson]

Where you guys paying attention to the latest posts? the ISO standard is in
UTC. Each server will timestamp in UTC. This allows the CLIENT to decide
what timezone it is ultimately rendered in.

Scott.

* Steven Wagner translated into ASCII [Wed, Oct 06, 1999 at 12:55:27PM -0700][<37FBA92F.19AFFE1A at impulse.net>]
> It would have to be built into the client.
> User would simply define it.  The client can have a list to choose from.
> 
> In a client like win98, and I also think I've seen it in linux ... the client
> can grab the timezone info from the OS.
> 
> I don't think we should worry about how a messaging device w/ GPS system would
> do all its stuff in figuring out the timezone,.. but doing it this way our
> protocol will atleast support it.
> 
> 
> Waleed Abdulla wrote:
> 
> > Steven,
> >     That's a good point (that is traveling users). But, who will determine
> > the timezone? Is it the server which might not even be in the same timezone?
> > In fact I don't see any  possible way to determine the real timezone
> > automatically.
> >
> > Waleed
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Steven Wagner <steven at impulse.net>
> > To: jdev at jabber.org <jdev at jabber.org>
> > Date: ÇáÇÑÈÚÇÁ, 06 ÇßÊæÈÑ, 1999 10:37 PM
> > Subject: Re: [JDEV] Message timestamping and route tracking
> >
> > >Waleed,
> > >    I agree.  Server should only stamp the GMT time.  The users timezone
> > can be
> > >optional.  When the user has it enabled, it should still be included in the
> > >message rather then the profile for the following reason.  What is the user
> > is
> > >traveling around the world and constantly updating his location?  This
> > could
> > >easily be done with cell phones and GPS in the future.
> > >
> > >Steven
> > >
> > >Waleed Abdulla wrote:
> > >
> > >> What if the sender and his server (who will put the sender's timestamp)
> > are
> > >> in different timezones?  Now that will make the timezone information in
> > the
> > >> message irrelevant.
> > >>
> > >>     Timezone should be in the user profile not in his message. And it
> > should
> > >> be OPTIONAL.
> > >>
> > >> waleed
> > >>
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