dot hates software: Time zone offsets

• From: Tony Finch
  Date: 16:36 on 19 Dec 2006
  Subject: Time zone offsets
  
  So, in ISO 8601 and RFC 2822, positive time zone offsets denote zones east
  (ahead) of Greenwich, but the POSIX TZ environment variable uses the
  opposite sign. STUPID!
  
  Tony.
  
  

• From: Jarkko Hietaniemi
  Date: 16:41 on 19 Dec 2006
  Subject: Re: Time zone offsets
  
  > So, in ISO 8601 and RFC 2822, positive time zone offsets denote zones east
  > (ahead) of Greenwich, but the POSIX TZ environment variable uses the
  > opposite sign. STUPID!
  
  Surely US time zones cannot be LESS and therefore INFERIOR by having
  NEGATIVE offsets???!!!
  
  > Tony.
  
  
  

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