Direction of offset in DateAndTime

Lou Fernandez <lff@sequent.com> Fri, 23 June 1995 00:55 UTC

Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 15:08:28 -0700
Sender: ietf-archive-request@IETF.CNRI.Reston.VA.US
From: Lou Fernandez <lff@sequent.com>
Message-Id: <199506222208.PAA11251@eng3.sequent.com>
To: hostmib@andrew.cmu.edu
Subject: Direction of offset in DateAndTime

This may seem like an obvious question to some but I'm not sure I
understand how the offset in DateAndTime is interpreted.

Right now, I'm assuming that the sign of the offset is the same
as that of <local time> - UTC.  That is, if <local time> is less than
UTC, the direction will be '-', otherwise it will be '+'.

However, it could also be that the offset should be the amount of time
which must be added to <local time> to get to UTC.  If so, the direction
would be reversed.

Could someone please enlighten me about how to interpret these offsets?

Thanks,
...Lou
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Louis F. Fernandez			Sequent Computer Systems
lfernandez@sequent.com			Beaverton, OR 97006-6063

Direction of offset in DateAndTime Lou Fernandez