Re: drums2?

Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu> Sat, 14 September 2002 16:07 UTC

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> I believe it suffices to require:
> 1. that the offset specified correspond to some established
>     time zone in effect at the specified date-time, leaving
>     the range subject as it is to the whims of politicians
> 2. that the "minutes" part be in the range 00 through 59
>     (2822 seems to permit +9899, for example).

seems reasonable.

(has this actually been a problem in practice?)

Keith