On 07/15/2009 02:06 PM, John Dennis wrote: > In the limited case of log timestamps I agree with Simo UTC + *numeric* > displacement is fine. Or better yet, use 8601 Here is another good link which is a quick read: http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime -- John Dennis <jdennis at redhat.com> Looking to carve out IT costs? www.redhat.com/carveoutcosts/