Re: AGAINST RFC 48 (v1) Replace localtime() and gmtime() with da

[Jarkko Hietaniemi]

On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 09:30:05AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Bart Lateur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> > As for the parameter's format: GMT is easy, you can pass "GMT" (or
> > "+0000"). For localtime(), you often don't explicitely know the time
> > zone and Daylight savings Time rule, so this looks like a good candidate
> > for undef.
> 
> The string "GMT" is technically wrong.
> 
> I'm opposed to allowing one to pass in any sort of string for time zone
> information; if you allow "GMT", people are going to expect to be able to
> use "EST", and who knows what they actually mean.  If you want GMT, pass
> an offset of 0.
> 
> Be careful about time zone offsets, btw, if the interface is going to
> support them.  +0700 is *not* "700 minutes"; it's 7 hours and 0 minutes.
> And there are half-hour time zones.  This is an area where there's a *lot*

There are quarter-hour time zones...

> of potential confusion; people in Newfoundland are going to expect to be
> able to pass in -0230 and have that work, and that's interestingly hard.

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