date confusion

[Linas Vepstas]

Hi,

I just fixed an annoying and subtle bug in the iso8601 date string
routines (these routines are only used by the sql backend).  During
the process, I noted that everything seems to set the date at 
midnight of that date.  Would it bee too much to ask to change this
so that the dates are all set to noon, instead of midnight? 

I would much rather like to have noon, because it really disambiguates
the date: loose a second, and you don't end up in the wrong day.
Or, more practically speaking, loose an hour due to a daylight 
savings bug, and you don't end up in the wrong day ...

It being so close to 1.6, I decided its unwise to hack in such
a change without consulting anyone.  What's the opinion out there?
Is it a bad idea to make this change now, or is it better to make 
the change now, and thus avoid heartache and pain later?

--linas