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Horst H. von Brand wrote:
> Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> wrote:

>> Unlike the `raw` format above, the timezone/UTC offset information
>> contained in an RFC 2822 date string is used to adjust the date
>> value to UTC prior to storage.  Therefore it is important that
>> this information be as accurate as possible.
> 
> Say what? If I use the "raw" format with UTC offset, the offset is just
> ignored then?

It is saved, and used only when _displaying_ human readable date.
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Jakub Narebski
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