Re: 2822upd-04 definition of terms needed

At 20:30 26-01-2008, Bruce Lilly wrote:
>local time     as used in section 3.3.  Specifically, what is "local time"
>if a (human) message composer is sitting in an airplane composing a
>message via a telnet link to a (ground-based) host computer which will
>then send the message via a separate, remote submission server?  [By
>the way, the airplane is crossing over the (North) polar ice cap as
>the composer travels an intercontinental great circle route to his
>destination.]

Local time is the time to user considers as local.  From the user's 
perspective, the local time does not change as the airplane crosses 
the ice cap.  We might adjust our watches before we reach the 
destination and not as we cross each time zone.

Regards,
-sm