ISSUE-106: Does Contacts API having a timezone field make sense, should it be utfOffset or utcOffset and tz to better match vCard?

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Does Contacts API having a timezone field make sense, should it be utfOffset or utcOffset and tz to better match vCard?

State:

CLOSED

Product:

Contacts API

Raised by:

Dominique Hazaël-Massieux

Opened on:

2011-01-19

Description:

Comment on format for timezone attribute in Contacts: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-device-apis/2010Dec/0020.html
vCard has both a "TZ" and a "UTF-OFFSET" fields, with different formats.

Related Actions Items:

• ACTION-333 on Richard Tibbett to Draft a proposal for utcOffset based on mailing list feedback (re ISSUE-106) - due 2011-02-16, closed

Related emails:

1. Re: Regrets (was Re: Agenda - Distributed Meeting 2011-02-09) (from jmorris@cdt.org on 2011-02-09)
2. Regrets (from marco.marengo@telecomitalia.it on 2011-02-09)
3. Regrets (from dongyoung.lee@lge.com on 2011-02-09)
4. Agenda - Distributed Meeting 2011-02-09 (from Frederick.Hirsch@nokia.com on 2011-02-08)
5. RE: Regrets (was RE: Agenda - Distributed Meeting 2011-02-02) (from laszlo.1.gombos@nokia.com on 2011-02-02)
6. Regrets (was RE: Agenda - Distributed Meeting 2011-02-02) (from schitturi@rim.com on 2011-02-01)
7. Agenda - Distributed Meeting 2011-02-02 (from Frederick.Hirsch@nokia.com on 2011-02-01)
8. Re: ISSUE-106: Does having a timezone field make sense, should it be utfOffset or utcOffset and tz to better match vCard (from harald@alvestrand.no on 2011-01-21)
9. RE: ISSUE-106: Does having a timezone field make sense, should it be utfOffset or utcOffset and tz to better match vCard (from schitturi@rim.com on 2011-01-20)
10. Re: ISSUE-106: Does having a timezone field make sense, should it be utfOffset or utcOffset and tz to better match vCard (from anssi.kostiainen@nokia.com on 2011-01-20)
11. Re: ISSUE-106: Does having a timezone field make sense, should it be utfOffset or utcOffset and tz to better match vCard (from huntchr@gmail.com on 2011-01-20)
12. Re: ISSUE-106: Does having a timezone field make sense, should it be utfOffset or utcOffset and tz to better match vCard (from dom@w3.org on 2011-01-20)
13. Re: ISSUE-106: Does having a timezone field make sense, should it be utfOffset or utcOffset and tz to better match vCard (from huntchr@gmail.com on 2011-01-20)
14. ISSUE-106: Does having a timezone field make sense, should it be utfOffset or utcOffset and tz to better match vCard (from sysbot+tracker@w3.org on 2011-01-19)

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