date confusion

[Dave Peticolas]

On 05 Jun 2001 00:46:36 -0500, Linas Vepstas wrote:
> 
> 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?

You could argue that this would simply hide these bugs, i.e.,
would you have noticed the bug if the days weren't changing?

dave