--On February 4, 2005 6:46:33 PM +0100 Julian Reschke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Also, we have an unresolved issue with historic Livejournal entries, >> which do not have timezones. XML Schema explains exactly how to > > So what does it recommend? > >> handle those. We can have a SHOULD for timezone info, with an explanation >> of what you lose without that.
Treating the datetime value as if it has an uncertainty equal to the maximum possible timezone offset. The other advantage of use XML Schema is that is defines how to order timestamps, which is the main thing we want to do with them. I think the section is pretty clear, and I'm picky about specs: <http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#dateTime> wunder -- Walter Underwood Principal Architect, Verity
