On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 5:01 PM, Matt Miller <[email protected]>wrote:
> Sure, but there are potential privacy concerns here. Sending UTC always > does not give away my (extremely broad) geographical location, while > including the timezone offset does. > > I am not suggesting we force this 'stamp' to always be UTC. Personally, I > think I might like the timezone offset to be included (my last is 3 hours > ago because it's the middle of the night for me compared to you"). What I > am suggesting is adding a note somewhere about the concern. > Ah..yes...having a timezone specified might expose your location, if it's the timezone of your current location. So adding a note about this privacy concern makes sense.
