Roger Marquis wrote:
> [...] from the perspective of an administrator, 5 bytes of timezone
> info cab be a great help in a number of ways. For reports it is much
> easier than determining the source timezone by looking at the source
> hostname (required with existing syslog format).
That's true. I guess originating machine's timezone is useful (though not
fundamental).
> It's also much easier
> than doing the same and then factoring the difference bttn UTC. The
> main benefit would be that an originating timezone stamp would make the
> logs substantially more human readable (a'la sendmail logs).
This is an implementation issue, not a protocol issue.
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Chris Calabrese
Internet Infrastructure and Security
Merck-Medco Managed Care, L.L.C.
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