Subj : Re: Message Timezones
To   : SYS64738
From : Dream Master
Date : Fri Apr 01 2022 21:30:00

-=> SYS64738 wrote to Dream Master <=-

 DM> think I'm trying to compare BBSes and our users to that of business
 DM> e-mail and messaging systems (Teams, Slack, Exchange, etc.) where each
 DM> is configured to the user's timezone and the BBS is configured to
 DM> whatever timezone it is sourced at.  Even if we configure everything to
 DM> UTC, user offsets could still be a "thing".

 SY> Excellent point concerning this already being done by business email
 SY> servers.

But, there is a difference, which Rob (DM) is completely accurate about. 
Messages are tagged in UTC within corporate e-mail servers.  I send a message,
the offset is computed by my client, the server cares less.


Brian Klauss <-> Dream Master
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