George Gatling (Contractor) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

> Hmm... not a bad solution either.  And with no %^ the function
> would continue to use its existing behavior?

Yes, that is the idea without specific mentioning. Backwards
compatibility  is very important in such things.

> At first I think it would be more convenient to specify offset
> in hours, but in the back of my mind I vaguely remember that
> there might be some places that use something really weird, 
> like 30 minutes, for their daylight time... in which case I 
> agree that  seconds is the more consistent units to use when
> specifying the offset.

Exactly my idea. And it would not only be for DST adjustments but
to display timestamps with a specific timezone offset which as I
know for sure has even smaller adjustement requirements than 30
minutes.

Rolf Kalbermatter
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