Re: draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-opt-timeconfig-02.txt

[Thomas Narten <narten@us.ibm.com>]

>   DHCPv4 option #88 is the POSIX timezone option.  I don't think anyone
> uses it (e.g. ISC's dhcpd config file permits "option time-offset NNN;"
> to configure the option#2 style, but has no config file syntax for the
> option#88 style), even though it was defined in 1996.

Actually, this option never made it to RFC. Not sure why. In any case,
Ralph says:

Ralph Droms <rdroms@cisco.com> writes:

> I can answer the easy question ... option 88 was never documented
> in an RFC and is on the list of option codes to be marked by
> IANA for reassignment.  See draft-ietf-dhc-unused-optioncodes-00

> - Ralph

> At 02:09 PM 5/14/2003 -0400, Thomas Narten wrote:
> >[...]
> >Also, is DHCPv4 option 88 (IEEE 1003.1 POSIX Timezone ) documented in
> >an RFC? I couldn't find the obvious one ...  Is it used?


Thomas