MSGID: 2:280/464.113 5c893f3e   
   REPLY: 1:275/362.0 5c893198   
   Hey Ozz!   
      
    ON> you point to the statement in general that 3.4.2 was revised in   
    ON> 2004 to state "must"   
      
   Which only applied to UTC.  Before 2004 it could also be a - character as in   
   -0000 or -00, whereas after 2004 it became "must" be a + character which means   
   +0000 or +00 and NEVER -0000 or -00.  All other timezones were either + or -   
   depending whether they were ahead (+) or behind (-) UTC.   
      
   I am still waiting a reference where it states that dropping the + character   
   is acceptable behavior as you state in "MSGID: 1:275/362.0 5c88111e" and I   
   quote;   
      
     See we can not say that, as the ISO standard also had "+" as   
     optional, until it was revised in 2004. Both our FTSC standard   
     and the ISO standard were the same.   
      
   Please produce the evidence for the above or acknowledge it as bullshit which   
   it now appears to be, especially in light of the quote offered in "MSGID:   
   2:280/464.113 5c881a3a" which was quoted from ISO 8601.  You provide nothing   
   in return to back up your above quoted statement.  I sincerely doubt it's   
   validity.   
      
    ON> Material in question, is FTSC not RFC, nor ISO, but F.T.S.C.   
      
   Agreed.  I have never disputed that fact.  What I am stating, and have stated   
   in the past, is that fts-4008.002 in particular is a highly faulty document   
   that should have never seen the light of day and it's author should hang his   
   head in shame.  Also I recall stating that the concept of UTC offsets was   
   pirated and corrupted or something along that line and have provided evidence   
   to back my statement.   
      
   Life is good,   
   Maurice   
      
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