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От   : Andrew Leary                     1:320/219          18 Dec 20 11:32:55
Кому : Maurice Kinal                                       18 Dec 20 11:32:55
Тема : alternative DateTime (ref: fts-0001.016)
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На   : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=1:153/7001+5fdc4e06
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Hello Maurice!

18 Dec 20 06:36, you wrote to me:

MK> Just a little something to brighten your day and perhaps spark much
MK> needed participation in this particular echoarea, or whatever the kids
MK> are calling it these days.

MK> proposed DateTime = a string 19 bytes long.
MK>                     Format = "YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss" where,
MK>                               YYYY = four digit year
MK>                               MM   = two digit month ranging from 01
MK> to 12
MK>                               DD   = two digit day ranging from 01 to
MK> 31
MK>                               hh   = two digit hour ranging from 00 to
MK> 23
MK>                               mm   = two digit minute ranging from 00
MK> to 59
MK>                               ss   = two digit second ranging from 00
MK> to 59

MK> Since there is no room for the UTC offset DateTime should be set to
MK> UTC in order to avoid confusion.  This format will ensure that the
MK> packed message is exactly the same byte length as specified in
MK> fts-0001.016 not counting the ASCII null charater that terminates the
MK> string as per packed MSG header specification for all header strings
MK> (eg To, From, subj, etc).

While I can see the merits of your proposal, it currently is not implemented
in any FidoNet compatible software.  Current FidoNet software that parses the
DateTime field would need to be updated to support this new format.  For
compatibility with existing FidoNet software, implementations would need to be
able to parse this format, or the 2 other existing formats (FTS-1 or SeaDog.)
In addition, to avoid breaking existing software, this format should not be
used in packets without confirming that the software on the other end can
process it correctly.

Given that many software packages used in FidoNet have been abandoned, had
their source code lost, or the authors are no longer available, it is not
likely that this format will succeed.

Your best shot is to convince the maintainers of existing packages which are
still being developed, such as HPT, D'Bridge, MBSEBBS, Synchronet, and Mystic
of the merits of your proposal, and get it implemented.  Several of these
packages are open source, so you could conceivably implement it yourself and
submit patches to the maintainers for consideration.

As for the use of UTC in packet headers, again you are fighting an uphill
battle.  The TZUTC kludge line was created because the .MSG and .PKT headers
had no provision for timezone offsets.

Andrew

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