Hi,

On 2015-10-02 21:31:01, Maurice Kinal wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:
  about: "Re: strftime list":

 WvV>> I want to implement a routine that can sort a (jam) message base
 WvV>> in chronological order.

 MK> Understood.  If indeed all the dates were utc then that would be the best
 MK> all things considered.  Also knowing that they are indeed utc makes
 MK> conversion to whatever timezone the user is comfortable with (display
 MK> purposes).  Offhand I believe that to be the ideal situation as well as
 MK> within our reach if we chose to make it so.

Well that won't happen. There is too much unmaintained legacy software still in
use. So the next best thing is for the maintained software to atleast implement
the TZUTC kludge.

 WvV>> But that won't work if it's impossible to determine the correct
 WvV>> UTC creation time of the message.

 MK> Exactly.  However if indeed most, if indeed not all, Fidonet nodes adhered
 MK> to proper networking practices by issuing utc based timedate stamps then
 MK> that would go a long way to resolving your dilemma.

A good portion can't, and a lot just won't... ;)

 MvV>> I think this is an impossible thing...

 MK> Not impossible.  Many networks have relied on proper utc timestamps for
 MK> decades now with great success.  Unfortunetly Fidonet has never been one
of
 MK> those ... but it could be given suitable cooperation amongst those that
 MK> really matter.  This isn't rocket science.

I still think your middle name is Don Quichotte ! ;)

Bye, Wilfred.


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