* Martin Blais <[email protected]> [2018-04-10 22:07]:
> Any thoughts welcome. I lean toward (B), but I'm annoyed.

Maybe I misunderstand the problem, but with option (A) even if I don't
know what timezone they use, I should get a consistent result if I ask
the API for an exchange rate for a specific time (X) on a specific
day.  Maybe I don't know what timezone X is (as you say, only one
publishes that info), but X is always going to be X from the POV of
the source (i.e. the API).  (Similarly, if I in Europe ask the API for
a rate at, let's say, 14:00, and you in New York ask for the rate at
14:00, we should get the same result.  And I don't mean asking at
14:00 hours but asking for the rate at 14:00)

If I understand (B) correctly, someone moving from Japan to the US
would suddenly get different results, and I think making the result
dependent on where you are is a bad idea.

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Martin Michlmayr
http://www.cyrius.com/

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