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Re: [ietf-dkim] Format for t=

2006-04-20 17:18:35

On Apr 20, 2006, at 3:55 PM, Michael Thomas wrote:

Jim Fenton wrote:

I'm not sure I want to start another discussion about the "t=" tag like we had about the "x=" tag, but I'm even less sure what to do with t=. Do we want to base the format on that of t=?

Do statistics and forensics count for nothing these days?

From a prior conversation, I think the concern was whether to use seconds from 1970 or the RFC2822 date time format. Standardizing on a consistent format with that of the other headers being examined would also permit a recipient to understand what the time stamp value represents. The conversion routines are already be available.

The draft could recommend encompassing an evaluated Date header within the signature, or providing for a human readable t= time stamp when the Date header differs significantly.

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