-={ Sunday, 01 May 2016, 01:06:44.931189447 +1000 }=-

Hey Tony!

 TL> Story of my life

Excellent.  Speaking of which, what do you think about the above
extra-special datetime stamp?  I was thinking of using the %s and possibly
the %N that created the one between the '-={ }=-' in the msg header instead
of the ftn one.  That way the enduser could configure whatever style of
datetime stamp they want as far as their display is concerned.  The
obsolete ftn one can be tacked on once any messages are packed for
distribution beyond the host node.

As an example the above datetime in the header would be
"1462028804.931189447".  That can be converted with;

  :read !date --date="{at}1462028804.931189447"
Sat Apr 30 15:06:44 UTC 2016

which is the standard output for 'date' on any Linux system I have ever
seen, including the UTC part.

Life is good,
Maurice

... Don't cry for me I have vi.
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