Subj : Message Timezones
To   : Digital Man
From : Dream Master
Date : Thu Mar 31 2022 10:47:45

Good day, Sir!

Just a thought about messages and timezones...

Whenever I read through QWK and FTN-based messages, I see each message tagged with a timezone or offset.  This is great, yet I also feel it isn't necessary.  Instead, why can't we inquire with the user during sign-up and within the Default User Config.

Asking the user their timezone, utilizing a similar manner to that of RHEL and Debian-based /usr/share/zoneinfo/zone1970.tab could help populate the request from the user.  Then, when displaying messages, all messages are displayed based upon the offset and not the original source message.

Just a thought...

Brian Klauss <-> Dream Master
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