[rb-general] results.json spec

[Ximin Luo]

Bernhard M. Wiedemann:
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> open questions: should it use ISO date (2017-02-07 14:02:59) instead of UNIX epoch integer?

Hi Bernhard,

If the data is meant to be read by machines more so than humans, then the UNIX epoch value is much easier to work with, in basically all programming languages:

https://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/reproducible-builds/Week-of-Mon-20150608/001823.html

A UNIX epoch value is also unambiguously UTC timezone, whereas a human-readable date might be misinterpreted to mean a local time.

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