ummm, if it isn't relevant to 8601, do we need to discuss what I presume was intended as a light hearted response to the admiration expressed for the w3c note?...
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hjwoudenberg@...
hjwoudenberg
Jun 5, 2006 10:21 pm
In a message dated 6/5/2006 4:37:35 P.M. Central Daylight Time, tex@... writes: ummm, if it isn't relevant to 8601, do we need to discuss what I...
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Tex Texin
textexin
Jun 6, 2006 12:38 am
hjw says: I failed to realize the this is not a serious discussion group. So if I eliminate the double negative, you are saying that you do realize this is a...
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hjwoudenberg@...
hjwoudenberg
Jun 6, 2006 2:39 am
In a message dated 6/5/2006 7:39:41 P.M. Central Daylight Time, tex@... writes: So if I eliminate the double negative, you are saying that you do...
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Tex Texin
textexin
Jun 6, 2006 5:08 am
OK, I am confused about your point of view. But the discussion is likely boring for the list. Feel free to write me privately. Otherwise let's drop it. tex In...
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Ted Lyngmo
tedlyngmo
Jun 6, 2006 3:10 pm
... Not at all actually :-) Cheers, Ted...
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piebaldconsult
Jun 6, 2006 4:52 pm
... realize ... Serious or not, it's a discussion concerning ISO 8601. So W3C's support of ISO 8601 is on-topic, but relativity probably isn't....
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Tex Texin
textexin
Jun 6, 2006 7:55 pm
yes, that was my intended sentiment. _____ From: ISO8601@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ISO8601@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of piebaldconsult Sent: Tuesday, June 06,...
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siddharthab19
Jun 11, 2006 11:07 pm
Can anyone tell me which are the Official Departments in US who advice on using the day month year order in their official documents rather than usual month...
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johnmsteele
Jun 12, 2006 1:33 am
... advice ... I doubt any regularly use that format. But I notice my passport is in that order, but the month is spelled out. Perhap the government does it ...
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jc19881997
Jun 23, 2006 6:27 pm
Hi guys, I'm new to this user group and I'm from Canada and I was just wondering where are most of the users of this group from, UK, US??? -Kish...
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jl0242
Jun 23, 2006 6:27 pm
Hey, can anyone answer the following: - is this a valid ISO8601 date: 2006-02-30 (i.e. 30th of feb 2006, a non-existent date) If this date *is* valid, what...
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jc19881997
Jun 23, 2006 6:28 pm
On almost all U.S. forms they always state the date in MM/DD/YYYY format however one U.S. Customs declaration form that I've seen currently being used...
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Michael Deckers
michaeldeckers
Jun 23, 2006 6:28 pm
... Date notations like 12 JUN 2006 are used in the US military and they sure have written rules for this. Michael Deckers...
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NGUYEN Ivy
ali0917
Jun 23, 2006 7:36 pm
Right. I guess there probably is a rule to be unambiguous, and a format like '23 Aug 2006' would be unambiguous for anyone reading the (English) document it's...
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piebaldconsult
Jun 24, 2006 1:49 pm
I'm not "from" either, I'm "in" the U.S. -- Arizona....
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piebaldconsult
Jun 24, 2006 2:06 pm
... No, and it's not even properly formatted, it should be 2006/02/30 (note the separator)....
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NGUYEN Ivy
ali0917
Jun 24, 2006 5:30 pm
Read the standard. It uses a hyphen (-) as the separator....
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John Hynes
johndhynes
Jun 24, 2006 8:23 pm
I don't think that this is a valid ISO date, because the standard specifically states that there are only 28 days in February (29 in leap years). However, I...
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piebaldconsult
Jun 25, 2006 2:54 pm
Oh, dang, I'm still doing that wrong? I shouldn't write when I'm tired....
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John Hynes
johndhynes
Jul 9, 2006 10:34 am
... values will be stored in a single field, though another separator may be chosen with discretion. A space is a popular allowed human readable alternative. ...
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piebaldconsult
Jul 9, 2006 6:14 pm
... Nope....
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John Hynes
johndhynes
Jul 10, 2006 10:44 am
... What are the sections in 2004 which state this? Is the wording exactly the same as 2000? I want to figure out how this misunderstanding arose and get it...
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Pete Forman
pete_forman
Jul 10, 2006 12:53 pm
... The files section for this group on Yahoo! has a summary of differences between ISO8601:2000 and :2004. It is called ISO8601diff.doc I believe that there...
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piebaldconsult
Jul 11, 2006 1:25 am
... 2000's section 4.4 says " The space character shall not be used in the representations. " 2004's section 3.4.1 says " Unless explicitly allowed by this...
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John Hynes
johndhynes
Jul 11, 2006 5:05 am
... Thank you. I found a draft containing this text. John Hynes...
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John Hynes
johndhynes
Jul 11, 2006 8:42 am
... The article says nothing of the sort. It just states that a space is part of the standard. There are a number of examples of supposedly standard dates...
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piebaldconsult
Jul 11, 2006 4:23 pm
... OK, I just read it, it's horrible. Many incorrect statements, too many to correct. There is no substitute for reading the actual standard. Perhaps we...
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Vincent Lefevre
vinc17fr
Jul 11, 2006 9:45 pm
... Yep, but this is not specific to the ISO 8601 standard. If you want to know what a standard says, read the standard. For instance, this is particularly...
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John Hynes
johndhynes
Jul 12, 2006 10:54 am
... I disagree that there are too many to correct. They are all correctable. The article isn't even that long, as Wikipedia goes. Perhaps if you listed the...
