Peter:
Again, you have focused on the signing -time attribute, not other possible
uses for BnaryTime.
Russ
> > Third, date comparison is very easy with BinaryTime. Integer
> > comparison is easy, even when multi-precision integers are involved.
> > Date comparison with UTCTime or GeneralizedTime can be complex when
> > the two values to be compared are provided in different time zones.
> >
> >There are no time zones involved in the signingTime attribute.
> >One change in RFC 3369 vs 2630 to uppercase the MUST.
>
> Signing-time is not the only possible use of BinaryTime. It is the one
> specified in the document. However, if the ASN.1 type is useful, then it
> will start appearing in other places. This would be an indication that
the
> Experimental RFC is useful.
You don't address what I have said. You indicate that time zone
comparisons are difficult, but they do not even occur within the
existing signingTime attribute.