microsoft / microsoft/yardl

time zone handling in documentation

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Description

https://microsoft.github.io/yardl/reference/binary.html#dates-times-and-datetimes isn't clear on time zone handling. DateTimes is clear enough, (although a reference to what "since epoch" means would be good) but the doc on Dates and Times should say this is in UTC presumably. That might be undesirable/confusing though, so maybe it's better to support time zones spec.

Also, I'm assuming the types are actually singular, e.g. DateTime. I think a different font needs to be used for the actual type name (like you use for float etc).

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Start with the linked reference page, especially the sections for Dates, Times, and DateTimes. Confirm the intended time-zone and “since epoch” behavior, then check the actual type names and compare their formatting with float; the documentation is done when these semantics and names are unambiguous, or the unresolved behavior is explicitly tracked.

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documentation
Issue type
Documentation
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