Subject: Re: [netmod] types-012: date-and-time normalization

From: Martin Bjorklund <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:24:59 +0100 (CET)

Juergen Schoenwaelder <[email-masked]> wrote:
> Description: The time-offset Z and +00:00 mean the same thing (but
> note that -00:00 means unknown time zone according to RFC 3339 but the
> same as Z according to XSD).
> 
> Discussion: XSD says the canonical time-offset format is Z. Proposal:
> 
>     * Make Z the canonical time-offset format
>     * Clarify that -00:00 means unknown time zone
>     * Clarify that 00:00 and Z mean the same thing 

I support this proposal.  It makes sense to follow RFC 3339.

/martin