Re: [Jcardcal] Genart LC review: draft-ietf-jcardcal-jcal-09

Philipp Kewisch <kewisch@gmail.com> Thu, 20 March 2014 23:23 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Jcardcal] Genart LC review: draft-ietf-jcardcal-jcal-09
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On 3/21/14, 12:04 AM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
> On 3/20/14, 4:34 PM, Pete Resnick wrote:
>> Hmm....I wonder why neither RFC 5545 nor this document reference RFC
>> 3339 instead of ISO 8601? That would get you all of the ABNF you need.
>
> That's a good point. RFC 3339 is, IMHO, nicely clear and tightly
> scoped compared to ISO 8601 (which leaves quite a few options open).
> However, even when referencing RFC 3339 it's important to document all
> the details about various options, such as use of non-UTC time zones
> and fractional seconds.
While rfc3339 is more closely scoped than ISO 8601, there are still
various options that require documenting, which is why I decided to stay
with ISO8601. For consistency with jCard I think it would be unwise to
change the rfc the date format is based now.