George Gatling (Contractor) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Hmm... not a bad solution either. And with no %^ the function > would continue to use its existing behavior? Yes, that is the idea without specific mentioning. Backwards compatibility is very important in such things. > At first I think it would be more convenient to specify offset > in hours, but in the back of my mind I vaguely remember that > there might be some places that use something really weird, > like 30 minutes, for their daylight time... in which case I > agree that seconds is the more consistent units to use when > specifying the offset. Exactly my idea. And it would not only be for DST adjustments but to display timestamps with a specific timezone offset which as I know for sure has even smaller adjustement requirements than 30 minutes. Rolf Kalbermatter CIT Engineering Nederland BV tel: +31 (070) 415 9190 Treubstraat 7H fax: +31 (070) 415 9191 2288 EG Rijswijk http://www.citengineering.com Netherlands mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
