I believe it can be used to standardize functions, for example the finding the difference of two dates. I have made a function: Difference = function (...
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Jul 7, 2005 5:37 pm
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XML is the big guns of today. XML has endorsed ISO-8601 syntax XML has endorsed ISO-8601 duration. ICF (international components for UNICDE) does not. JAVA...
hjwoudenberg@...
Jul 11, 2005 4:34 am
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hjw trolls: XML is the big guns of today. XML has endorsed ISO-8601 syntax XML has endorsed ISO-8601 duration. ICF (international components for UNICDE) does...
Microsoft advocates. They want Microsoft date and time data type. hjw....
hjwoudenberg@...
Jul 11, 2005 4:57 am
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In a message dated 7/10/2005 11:57:47 P.M. Central Daylight Time, tex@... writes: Where I stand is I straddle standards and technologies, and I live...
hjwoudenberg@...
Jul 11, 2005 2:50 pm
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... This doesn't make any sense at all. What would be the use of such a thing in the context of a textual representation (which is what ISO8601 is about)?...
In a message dated 7/11/2005 1:04:52 P.M. Central Daylight Time, fred.bone@... writes: This doesn't make any sense at all. What would be the use of...
hjwoudenberg@...
Jul 11, 2005 10:01 pm
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HJW: Can you point us at some documents on the discussion you are referring to? We don't have any context for this. From the original mail, I thought it was...
... It might also be the last. Moves are afoot to redefine the relationship between UTC and UT1. If accepted, then from 2007-12-21T00:00(*) UTC would no longer...
Maybe it was chosen because it is the December solstice? I still wonder about why 2007, though. One hour sounds like too much of a difference to let UT1 & UTC...
Not clear if this is on or off topic but may be of interest to the group. It appears Congress may extend DST from first Sunday in March to last Sunday in...
This is a big mess now. I thought North American DST stuff was fixed and wouldn't be messed around with anymore. There's a lot of software and even some...
If Canada and Mexico, who share these time zones, have not been consulted, it is American arrogance. hjw In a message dated 7/21/2005 8:19:29 P.M. Central...
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Jul 22, 2005 3:01 am
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I think it would apply to the nations in Central America and parts of the Carribbean or Pacific Ocean, right? This would never happen in Europe (not that I...
Not sure if Canada was "consulted" or "informed" but there are plenty of Canadian articles arguing pro and con for doing it if Congress actually passes it, so...
No joy. This isn't law yet, but apparently the House and Senate have "compromised" on the version to be in the joint bill (which usually get passed with little...
In a message dated 7/22/2005 6:02:24 A.M. Central Daylight Time, johnmsteele@... writes: What I would like to see is to advance it one week and change...
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Jul 22, 2005 5:18 pm
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Wouldn't it make sense to end it on the last Sunday of September? This is commonplace in Europe & parts of the Middle East. There's east Asian countries in the...
The (old) end date at the of October is already common with EU, Eastern Europe, Russia, and CIS countries. Who do you think ends at the end of September? In...
Seems to be a lot of anti-DST sentiment DST saves energy by synchronizing available daylight hours with human activity. Studies in the US in the 70s found...
To a valiant (but nameless) defender of the so-called DST: Congressmen who are beating the drums for such changes have ignored an opportunity to implement the...
B. Andrew
bandi@...
Jul 24, 2005 12:21 am
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I don't think it is so much anti-DST as the lack of warning of the change, and since we already have DST, the incremental benefits of extending it a week or a...
Good answer, although I might argue that when DST is in effect is part of the definition pf the zone. The tz database treats it that way, at least. The issues...
John, thanks. I have to admit to not knowing much about these zones, so my statement could have been off base. Still, it is up to individual markets to choose...
