Stefan Tauner wrote:
> "Formatting MUST be deferred until runtime if an end user should
> observe the value in their own locale or timezone."
Personally, I don't think this should be a MUST especially because —
as you are noticing — it requires a more-invasive patch for not much
value.
I have already proposed this be relaxed.
In the meantime, I would focus on the conditional clause, ie.:
… if an end user should observe the value in their own locale
or timezone.
I feel I can interpret this as "the user should not observe a *build*
timestamp in their own locale timezone as that defeats the point of
it being a quasi-unique identifier. Therefore, there is no need to
defer formatting until runtime.
If it helps, I am not sure I have seen any package implement the
SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH variable by deferring. :)
Regards,
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