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<dt>Rationale</dt>
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<p>Implementing RFC9557 and ISO 8601 in UTC removes ambiguity in date handling between systems and timezones.</p>
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<p>Implementing RFC9557 and ISO 8601 removes ambiguity in date handling between systems and timezones.
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<p>Allowing clients to use any timezone offset in requests results in flexibility and less complexity for users. Using UTC in responses results in clarity and removes ambiguity.
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<p class="note">This specification does not state rules regarding storage in databases.
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However, it is recommended to store the originally supplied timezone from the client request in the database, such that later the location of the client can be determined.
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For example, an extra field in a response can contain the originally supplied timezone, if that's useful for the client.
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