Subj : Proposal for expanding
To   : Ward Dossche
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Sat Nov 06 2021 07:28 pm

Hello Ward,

On Saturday November 06 2021 16:50, you wrote to All:

 WD> Today I made the wrong assumption that a point's TZUTC-information
 WD> would reflect the one from his boss.

 WD> It was made clear to me by Wilfred and Michiel that this does not have
 WD> to be the case as a point might reside in a different time-zone than
 WD> his boss.

 WD> TZUTC is discussed in FTS-4008.

 WD> I see it as an ambiguity, a minor one, but nevertheless that the
 WD> situation of a point residing in a different time-zone is not
 WD> explained

What is there to explain? The assumption that a point - or a user for that matter - resides in the same time zone as the boss or sysop is simply wrong. The TZUTC kludge serves to derive the UTC time the message was written from the time in the message header. This mechanism works without making any assumptions about the location of the writer of the message. I see no ambiguity and no need for explanation.

You know what our friends "across" say about ASSumptions?


Cheers, Michiel

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