From: "Robert Comer" 

> And with Usenet or email they don't need to have the correct time or
> timezone.

It would be nice...

> Usenet isn't a mass thing, so I don't see it's worth tweaking all the news
> servers on the planet over a minor display issue.

You don't see the problem either, so I'm not surprised.

>Usenet users are generally from the set of people more likely to have their
>clocks and timezones set correctly... (except for Geo...)

Er, that's not even close to true IME.  Maybe 25% using usenet aren't all
that close to the correct time, with a significant portion being very
wrong.

- Bob Comer




"Paul Ranson"  wrote in message
news:419118dd{at}w3.nls.net...
> And with Usenet or email they don't need to have the correct time or
> timezone.
>
> Usenet isn't a mass thing, so I don't see it's worth tweaking all the news
> servers on the planet over a minor display issue. Usenet users are
> generally from the set of people more likely to have their clocks and
> timezones set correctly... (except for Geo...)
>
> Paul
>
> "Robert Comer" 
wrote in message
> news:41910594{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >They are expressed in the message as local time and time zone, which
>> >conveys the same information as converting them to UTC before posting.
>>
>> Of the client, which is what I'm saying needs to be changed.
>>
>> You can't trust the clients to have the correct time or timezone.
>>
>> - Bob Comer
>>
>
>

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