Rob Seaman wrote:

>Gerard Ashton wrote:
>
>> Similarly, within ISO 8601, "Z" designates "UTC" and any meaning it  
>> may have had for most of the 20th century outside that standard is  
>> irrelevant.

>I don't know if I agree with the latter part of the sentence since Z  
>retains usage outside of ISO 8601, but in cases where some system  
>architect has decried that some data structure adheres to ISO 8601,  
>then that data structure should indeed be interpreted very  
>pedantically with reference to the standard.

I agree with Rob. I meant that any meaning "Z" had throughout
most of the 20th century, and continues to have in environments
where adherence to ISO 8601 is not claimed, is irrelevant.

Gerry Ashton

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