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.
>

Wouldn't it make more sense to add this security notice to XEP-0082, since
it applies to everywhere you use timestamps that include a timezone?

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