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A comment on RFC 3339 vs. ISO 8601. Parent comment

Re:RFC 3339 vs. ISO 8601 by 3np on Sunday September 07, 2025 @08:27AM (#45157585)
> If you had multiple datetime values from different timezones in this representation, you wouldn't be able to sort them so that earlier ones come before later ones.

That's irrelevant.

Besides, you could, assuming you have a timezone db on the side.

> If they were instants in time, you would be able to do that.

How do you synchronize with and translate to timezones in Andromeda?

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Re:RFC 3339 vs. ISO 8601 by fauigerzigerk on Sunday September 07, 2025 @08:39AM (#45157660)
>That's irrelevant

It is proof that your format does not represent instants in time because instants in time can be sorted across timezones.

>Besides, you could, assuming you have a timezone db on the side.

No, because you don't have future versions of the timezone database.

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