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Successful Standards Have Rules For Range and Precision   Message List  
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Re: Successful Standards Have Rules For Range and Precision

> The ISO-8601 duration can minimize the errors.

Maybe.

> It would eliminate different systems getting different results for
the same
> date/time problem.

Not so much. ISO 8601 allows for virtually unlimited range and
precision, which is OK, for textual interchange, but impractical for
higher performance internal representations.




Wed May 14, 2008 10:20 pm

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Most people wouldn't believe that today different software gets different date/time results. Because: The industry does not have date/time standards for...
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... Maybe. ... the same ... Not so much. ISO 8601 allows for virtually unlimited range and precision, which is OK, for textual interchange, but impractical for...
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In a message dated 5/14/2008 5:21:06 P.M. Central Daylight Time, PIEBALDconsult@... writes: Maybe. ... the same ... Not so much. ISO 8601 allows for...
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