[JDEV] jabber:iq:time

[Dirk-Willem van Gulik]

You might want to settle on ISO8601. See Rfc 2550 for ref's or

	ftp://ftp.qsl.net/pub/g1smd/8601v03.pdf

you propably want to settle on a sub-set. e.g. the 'Z' times. As that
makes everyones live easiest.

Or see

	http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/miscdate.htm#8601

for code and what not :-)

Dw


On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Simon Guindon wrote:

> ya, I have no problem with that.  Just saying, the problem with time is its
> requested from the client so like you said, if clients don't all respond to
> the same format its all messed up. lol
>
> Later,
> Simon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jdev-admin at jabber.org [mailto:jdev-admin at jabber.org]On Behalf Of
> Julian Missig
> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 4:47 PM
> To: jdev at jabber.org
> Subject: Re: [JDEV] jabber:iq:time
>
>
> "it" being what? some windows clients? :)
>
> It would make more sense if we standardized on using the proper
> abbreviations... given that you're not always going to get English.
>
> Julian
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Simon Guindon" <sguindon at sltscommunications.net>
> To: <jdev at jabber.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, 29 August, 2001 16:41
> Subject: RE: [JDEV] jabber:iq:time
>
>
> > In my experience it returns the full representation that Matt Diez also
> > mentioned.  Such as "Eastern Standard Time"
> >
> > Later,
> > Simon
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jdev-admin at jabber.org [mailto:jdev-admin at jabber.org]On Behalf Of
> > Julian Missig
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 4:35 PM
> > To: jdev at jabber.org
> > Subject: Re: [JDEV] jabber:iq:time
> >
> >
> > jabber:iq:timeI'm fairly certain we should just be using the three letter
> > abbreviations.
> >
> > Julian
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Matt Diez
> > To: 'jdev at jabber.org'
> > Sent: Wednesday, 29 August, 2001 16:22
> > Subject: [JDEV] jabber:iq:time
> >
> >
> > Sorry to bring this up again - I need to complete my port of
> > Jabber 1.4.x to AIX, and I need to know what the acceptable
> > textdata and format for the <tz> field are.
> > The current server code generates the three-letter abbreviation
> > popular in the Linux realm ('CDT' 'EST', etc). But the JPG
> > shows a full-text representation of the timezone like:
> > <tz>Central European Time</tz>
> > Which is correct/preferred? Or does it/should it vary based
> > upon server implementation/platform?
> > Matthew D. Diez
> > Systems Engineer
> > Vedalabs, Inc.
> > matt at vedalabs.com
> >
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