thanks for the explanation.
I will integrate your changes.
Stef
>> what is the DateAndTime localOffset? "Answer the duration we are offset
>> from UTC"
>>
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time -
> In casual use, when fractions of a second are not important, Greenwich Mean
> Time (GMT) can be considered equivalent to UTC or UT1. In fact, saying "GMT"
> often implies either UTC or UT1. For this reason, saying "GMT" is generally
> avoided in technical contexts, with an unambiguous terminology of "UTC" or
> "UT1" preferred instead.
>
>
> Stéphane Ducasse wrote:
>>
>> Your changes basically uses DateAndTime localOffset when no offset is
>> specified (and before it used zero).
>> It sounds reasonable but I was wondering the impact.
>>
> Yes, that's correct. I changed it for two reasons:
> 1. when someone says, "6pm," I don't think they ever mean GMT (unless, of
> course, that's their local time).
> 2. The non-[string|stream] instance creation methods (e.g. DateAndTime date:
> Date today time: Time now) do not operate that way, and return a DateAndTime
> like "2010-08-10T17:11:36-04:00" (with my local offset)
>
> HTH,
> Sean
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