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to: ANDREW CLARKE
from: TONY LANGDON
date: 2016-02-29 09:46:00
subject: Re: just testing ........

-=> andrew clarke wrote to Maurice Kinal <=-

 ac> looked it up your timezone is currently AEDT which
 MK> makes it +1100.  No?  Also AEST (Apr 3 after 3am) shows +1000.

This is correct, it should be 1100 now, 1000 after April 3

 MK> 1000 is totally meaningless without the '+' character.  It isn't even a
 ac> legitimate number which some misinformed programmers
 MK> assume it is.  Shame on them.

 ac> The TZUTC spec says:

 ac> "Implementations must NOT put a plus ('+', ASCII 43, 2Bh) in front of
 ac> the offset for positive numbers, but robust implementations should
 ac> be prepared to find (and ignore) a plus if it exists."

Interesting, a case of good practice - be precise in what you send, forgiving
in what you receive. :)
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