[JDEV] jabber:iq:time

[Ted Rolle]

Yep.  Time display is a local interpretation of a spacetime event.  UTC
rulez.

On Thu, 30 Aug 2001, Robert Norris wrote:

> > I feel we should use the three letter standard (note to self: look up actual
> > name and definition of standard), which includes specifying whether the time
> > is in daylight or not. (EDT vs. EST) - if a machine doesn't switch for
> > daylight savings time, then the timezone doesn't switch. :)
>
> It's not always three letters. Here in Australia, we have AEST and AEDT.
> Also, a colleague of mine is working in South Africa, and he is in SAST.
>
> Perhaps we should just use UTC for anything to do with time and the
> server (eg getting the server time, setting a timestamp, etc) and leave
> it to the client to do any conversion.
>
> Rob.
>