Subj : Re: slightly different format
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Nov 15 2020 20:06:13

 WvV> Hi August,
 WvV> 
 WvV> On 2020-11-15 19:54:12, you wrote to me:
 WvV> 
 WvV> WvV>> Yes, now I know the real localtime when the message was written. I
 WvV> WvV>> think that's usefull information. It makes a difference when some
 WvV> WvV>> one writes a message in the middle of the night or during the day...
 WvV> 
 WvV> AA> It ultimately depends on where you KNOW someone resides. For instance,
 WvV> AA> my posts from Veleno are timestamped Italian time, but unless you know
 WvV> AA> where I actually live, you can't say.. "Aug wrote that at 3am! He
 WvV> AA> needs help."
 WvV> 
 WvV> I know it isn't perfect, but most of the time it works...
 WvV> 
 WvV> Bye, Wilfred.

Where the real magic resides, I find, is in a program that can utilize the TZUTC info in such a way it organizes the message in true chronological order in a thread - and not based on arrival time.  For instance, if don't read an echo for days, but different people write messages with true replies prior to that at different times, the actual order of the messages in a thread are connected to a parent message in the time order that people thus spoke.


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