[LEAPSECS] ISO 8601 Z designator improper before 1972?

[Gerard Ashton]

Rob Seaman wrote:


>Gerard Ashton wrote:

>

>> Similarly, within ISO 8601, "Z" designates "UTC" and any meaning it  

>> may have had for most of the 20th century outside that standard is  

>> irrelevant.



>I don't know if I agree with the latter part of the sentence since Z  

>retains usage outside of ISO 8601, but in cases where some system  

>architect has decried that some data structure adheres to ISO 8601,  

>then that data structure should indeed be interpreted very  

>pedantically with reference to the standard.


I agree with Rob. I meant that any meaning "Z" had throughout
most of the 20th century, and continues to have in environments
where adherence to ISO 8601 is not claimed, is irrelevant.

Gerry Ashton