Aloha Max,
Max Nikulin <maniku...@gmail.com> writes:
On 23/01/2023 23:04, Thomas S. Dye wrote:
I understand above that it is easier understandable when
reading
[2023-01-22 Sun 08:29@+1100] as it is assumed by poster (I
guess Max)
that user will understand that there is +11 hours ahead.
Yes, the offset here is ambiguous--is it offset from some
timezone or from
UTC?
Are you aware of usage base time other than UTC nowadays? My
impression is that
various libraries do not allow to get such formats easily. That
is why e.g. web
sites tends to present time in the server timezone (often not
explicitly
specified) or use JavaScript to convert it to browser timezone.
I believed that [2023-01-22 Sun 08:29@+1100] unambiguously
suggests offset from
UTC.
Not for a casual programmer like me. The timestamp alone might
easily be read as 11 hours ahead of local time. Nevertheless, Org
is certainly free to interpret it as relative to UTC.
Are there local references that may confuse users? I mean
something like 9 hours
ahead of Moscow (Asia/Kamchatka) used in USSR.
I think 9 hours ahead of a timezone with a potentially variable
offset from UTC has the potential to sow confusion, yes.
All the best,
Tom
--
Thomas S. Dye
https://tsdye.online/tsdye
