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Subject: Re: [office] Date and Timezone: draft text
2008/7/5 David A. Wheeler <dwheeler@dwheeler.com>: > Here's draft text to clarify that timezone is NOT recorded > in the formula work; comments? I intend to put this in the section > on Date and Datetime subtypes. This will (hopefully) resolve the issue, > as discussed in the last TC teleconference. Outsider view. Not a solution. Just more of an interop problem. Use iso8601 inclusive of TZ. regards > > ===== > > The Date and Datetime subtypes (number of days since the > beginning of the epoch) do not include a mechanism for recording the > time zone. Instead, these subtypes only presume that all > date or datetime values use the same unspecified time zone. > Document creators CAN use formulas to do time zone > translations using formulas, and CAN decide on a particular single time zone > such as UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) when developing a particular document. > Similarly, the Date and Datetime subtypes do not include a mechanism > for distinguishing the value of a leap second and the following second, > and presume that every day is exactly 24 hours long. > > --- David A. Wheeler > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that > generates this mail. You may a link to this group and all your TCs in OASIS > at: > https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/portal/my_workgroups.php > > -- Dave Pawson XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. http://www.dpawson.co.uk
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