| From: | Sascha Pabst <Sascha.Pabst@**********.UNI-OLDENBURG.DE> |
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| Subject: | Re: Re[2]: your mail |
| Date: | Fri, 15 Nov 1996 19:37:13 +0000 |
[snip example]
> So my two questions are:
> 1) Can we add the timezone abbreviation to the timestamp? (That way
> if we want to post say in local time (either local to the character or
> the person who is writing) we can just state what the local
> abbreviation is and go on with life.)
>
> Disadvantages: 1) Makes the timestamp longer. 2) Isn't like the
> sourcebooks. 3) A person needs to convert the timestamp to figure out
> what's what (which means knowing what all the abbreviations represent
> for purposes of converting).
I think this is a good idea, but GMT should be "standard" or
"default".
> and 2) Is the European datestamp in the format of 15-NOV-57?
Normally it would be <hh:mm:ss/dd-mm-yy> as in 15-11-57, but this can be
easily be confused with the mm-dd-yy notation, and FASA used the three-letter
abbreviation in the London Sourcebook.
Sascha
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