"Thomas S. Dye" <tsd@tsdye.online> writes: >> I understand above that it is easier understandable when reading >> [2023-01-22 Sun 08:29@+1100] as it is assumed by poster (I guess >> Max) >> that user will understand that there is +11 hours ahead. >> > Yes, the offset here is ambiguous--is it offset from some timezone > or from UTC?
It is not ambiguous if the user is familiar with standard time format. The representation above is derived from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601, which allows the following: <time>Z If the time is in UTC, add a Z directly after the time without a space. Z is the zone designator for the zero UTC offset. "09:30 UTC" is therefore represented as "09:30Z" or "T0930Z". "14:45:15 UTC" would be "14:45:15Z" or "T144515Z". <time>±hh:mm <time>±hhmm <time>±hh The UTC offset is appended to the time in the same way that 'Z' was above, in the form ±[hh]:[mm], ±[hh][mm], or ±[hh]. Negative UTC offsets describe a time zone west of UTC±00:00, where the civil time is behind (or earlier) than UTC so the zone designator will look like "−03:00","−0300", or "−03". Positive UTC offsets describe a time zone at or east of UTC±00:00, where the civil time is the same as or ahead (or later) than UTC so the zone designator will look like "+02:00","+0200", or "+02". > Here is a proposal for a terminology of events that honors > Ramsey's distinction between events and occurrences and hopes to > cover all of Org's use cases. > ... > ... > The Org user should be able to toggle timestamp representation. > In the case of a no-host event, user might toggle between UTC and > local time. In the case of situated or itinerant event, user > might toggle among UTC, local time, and local time at the event > site. Instead of toggling, would it be better to echo the different formats like eldoc does + mouse-echo? -- Ihor Radchenko // yantar92, Org mode contributor, Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>. Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>, or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92>
