Eric Thomas <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >As for being US-centric, ... Your point about US-centric is well-taken (and overkill -- the point is obvious). But you seem to have evaded entirely the fact that the example I gave was (an attempt at) the non-US-centric +/-HHMM format. >I'm sorry to hear that there is software that rejects mail due to invalid >time zones, and I think that software is broken. Let me get this straight: LISTSERV works by validating the date field but ignores processing the time zone; SunOS inews validates the whole field and is broken?? GMAB. -- Daniel [log in to unmask]