Subj : Proposal for expanding
To   : Ward Dossche
From : Oli
Date : Sat Nov 06 2021 07:25 pm

Ward wrote (2021-11-06):

WD> All,

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

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

Really? And how is that important?

WD> TZUTC is discussed in FTS-4008.

WD> I see it as an ambiguity, a minor one,

FTS-4008 doesn't talk about nodes, bosses or points. It only talks about local time and the time zone for the message.

WD> but nevertheless that the
WD> situation of a point residing in a different time-zone is not explained
WD> and I would suggest that some wording is added to reflect this.

Why? A node (or a point) might even use different time zones in different messages. Some people do travel and write messages from different time zones. One might also choose to use a time zone in fidonet messages that doesn't reflect their physical location.

And then there are gateways (e.g. RFC<->FTN).

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