BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  test
De:       Michiel van der Vlist
Data:     Mon, 6 Apr 2026 14:46:58 +0200
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Hello Wilfred,

On Monday April 06 2026 14:36, you wrote to Carlos Navarro:

 WD>>> It is mostly irrelevant, Wilfred.

 CN>> Would it matter if the local date/time of the sender was
 CN>> displayed in emails or Facebook posts, for example?

 WV> I think responses on facebook are always shown in chronological order.
 WV> In fidonet this isn't automatic, because messages travel through
 WV> different paths, they sometimes arrive later then older posts, which
 WV> mixes up the chronological order, which sometimes is confusing...

So it is nice if messages can be sorted on UTC. For that the TZUTC kludge is needed.

Note: I always thought the the founding fathers of Fidonet erred in using local time for he date/time stamp in messages. Note that even the country of origin of Fidonet has more than one time zone. So like in aviation UTC should have been used. If there is a need for knowing the local time of the sender a TZLOC kludge could be used.


Cheers, Michiel

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