* Max Nikulin <maniku...@gmail.com> [2023-01-24 20:12]: > On 22/01/2023 14:48, Tim Cross wrote: > > Timestamp for a log > > record I would probably want <YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM Z> or one of the > > variants because the most common way I use those types of timestamp is > > in diagnosing problems and comparing revords from various locations > > where I don't care about the local time where the record was generated, > > but with when it occurred in relation to other log recores. > > I agree that it is more convenient to have uniform offset in such case, > especially in the case of multiple files having their specific timezone. > During trips I do not expect so much changes of timezone to make comparison > of timestamps significantly harder. > > > I would argue that all depends on how you use the information. My org > > files are consumed by me (reading) and by scripts, elisp and other > > programs. > > For scripts given offset should not be an issue at all. And it is up to you > if you prefer to have UTC instead of local time offset in you files.
Surely I understand your point of view, but offset does not provide to people their local time, that would just make confusion. -- Jean Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns In support of Richard M. Stallman https://stallmansupport.org/
