Re:RFC 3339 vs. ISO 8601
by jwr on Sunday September 07, 2025 @05:43AM
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You seem to assume that "local" is defined and does not change over time. Well I travel a lot, and my "local" could be different next month. Without timezone information I have no idea what a timestamp represents.
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Re:RFC 3339 vs. ISO 8601
by fauigerzigerk on Sunday September 07, 2025 @05:51AM
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>You seem to assume that "local" is defined and does not change over time.
On the contrary, what I'm saying is that we need to be able to store date/time specifications that do not (yet) identify a point in time. Of course we also need to be able to store actual points in time.
"Local" is a pretty vague term. I can refer to a specific place or to an as yet unknown place.