The XML schema spec seems vague on how to interpret an xs:time value when no time zone is specified. (See section 3.2.8.) Is there a common consensus on this (e.g. UTC or the local time zone)?
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You got close to the right point in the spec. See slightly above, under dateTime:
"Local" or untimezoned times are presumed to be the time in the timezone of some unspecified locality as prescribed by the appropriate legal authority;
Most systems I have dealt with make the local time assumption.
xcut
2010-04-22 11:18:10
"some unspecified locality as prescribed by the appropriate legal authority" - I suppose this does imply some local time zone.I was asking specifically about xs:time, but given the vagueness of the spec for this data type I suppose it's reasonable to take a steer from xs:dateTime.
David Easley
2010-04-29 09:05:27