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Service Requests: Timestamps are Universal so where is timezone and DST info

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Timestamps are Universal so where is timezone and DST info

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Reading the standard, the key reference I see to timestamps is RFC3339 “Date and Time on the Internet: Timestamps”. This standard clearly states that UTC is the default and preferred representation. In the ESPI standard, this is referred only in the communication specifications section 21.6.2: “Date and time values for the above parameters use RFC 3339 format.” For the standard, timestamps in general are based on TimeType which does not make reference to locale. So I would say that the standard is not explicit but implies that all times are UTC.

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martin.burns

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(2) Normal

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steve.van ausdall

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ESPI; GreenButton; OpenADE

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steve.van ausdall

(3/19/2012 4:48 PM): RFC 3339 is only used "for the above parameters" which are published and updated max and min (query parameters). Atom (RFC 4287) defines published and updated using xsd:dateTime, which is similar to ISO 8601 (allows specification of time zone), and ESPI uses "TimeType" which is similar to unix time (UTC / no time zone). If the field in question allows specification of a time zone, then times can be specified in relation to a specific time zone, but it is not required. The service provider (DataCustodian) does not need to know the time zone of the service consumer (AuthorizedThirdParty). The third party may need to convert times specified without time zone to local time for display purposes.

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