I always found that TODO confusing. If a `TimeInfo` is intended to
represent the amount of time that has elapsed since the (Unix) epoch,
I would expect it to be timezone independent. Can you clarify why
having TZ info would be useful?
Neil
On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 7:51 PM, Zameer Manji <zma...@apache.org> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I noticed there is a TODO on the TimeInfo for adding Time Zone information.
> ```
> /**
> * Represents time since the epoch, in nanoseconds.
> */
> message TimeInfo {
> required int64 nanoseconds = 1;
>
> // TODO(josephw): Add time zone information, if necessary.
> }
> ```
>
> Since there is no TZ information attached the timestamp, should frameworks
> assume that the Mesos Master system TZ is the same as the framework TZ?
> That is what I'm thinking of doing, but I'm not sure what was the intention
> of the authors of the API.
>
> Also, would it be possible to attach TZ information? It would make
> understanding the TimeInfo much easier when it is received by the framework.
>
> --
> Zameer Manji
