What's your point? I don't see that you've actually stated a solution, just restated the problem. 8601's +/-HHMM meets all the requirements of the problem... ...
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hjwoudenberg@...
Jul 12, 2002 8:31 pm
In a message dated 7/12/2002 1:16:22 PM Central Daylight Time, ... Tell me how you find this +/-hh:mm to use it? If you want the time in Zone-1 Russian how do...
From: <g1smd@...> ... OK, so this is partly terminology. Z/HHMM is specifying a time zone OFFSET, not a time zone. For a pure computational system that...
... If you want the time in Zone-1 Russian how do you find the UTC offset? I find it using the code ".ru;z1t" ... You don't "find" anything. "Finding" implies...
[2002-Jul-14] There is some useful stuff emerging in the discussion at: <http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum21/2692.htm>. In particular, one person has written...
<snip> A time zone OFFSET, not a time zone. A time zone IMHO includes the offset and the data and rules to tell me whether it is daylight savings or not. My...
... But this does not encode the rules for start and end of DST. If it did then it would be equivalent to UTC in information content in which case you might...
... Instead of shifting the clocks +/-1 hr every 6 mos. or so, split the difference and move them 1/2 hr and keep the same (local) time year round. ;-) -- ... ...
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hjwoudenberg@...
Jul 16, 2002 9:14 pm
In a message dated 7/16/2002 9:50:41 AM Central Daylight Time, ... Good luck....
OK, now I see what you're describing. You don't want to specify an exact instant for a future event (if it falls in DST). You want to let the instant float...
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hjwoudenberg@...
Jul 17, 2002 3:44 pm
In a message dated 7/16/2002 6:32:10 PM Central Daylight Time, ... To help I have programmed the following. 1. If the locations has a time zone code I show it....
<snip> 2. If the location does not have a time zone code I show 2002-08-01 21:00:00 +08:00:00d showing that it is daylight </snip> If we have the offset,...
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hjwoudenberg@...
Jul 18, 2002 6:07 am
In a message dated 7/17/2002 9:10:36 PM Central Daylight Time, ... -05:00 CDT is a specific location in western Indiana during the summer. -05:00 EST covers...
... It might tell you where you are, but it doesn't tell anybody else without some further information. Those three-letter acronyms are not standardised, and...
Right. And we don't care where the event occurs. It's ridiculous for the sender to tell the receiver where it is and then make the receiver guess the offset. ...
All that said... It's still an interesting programming project and I wish you luck. Just don't expect it to be included in an international standard....
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hjwoudenberg@...
Jul 19, 2002 4:50 am
In a message dated 7/18/2002 4:57:01 AM Central Daylight Time, ... My need is, given a location, most anywhere in the world, what is the UTC offset. +02:00...
Try the meeting calendar on www.timeanddate.com <http://www.timeanddate.com/> to find out "what is the local time in several other parts of the world." James...
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hjwoudenberg@...
Jul 20, 2002 2:35 am
http://www.worldtimeserver.com/index.asp Is an interactive example of what I am doing....
<snip> Also when arranging transmissions, I desire that people clearly understand when it is, especially during the months when switching between standard time...
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hjwoudenberg@...
Jul 20, 2002 2:39 pm
Communicating with computers I can use the Universal Time, not a problem. With people in the US, Canada, Mexico and even with Eastern Europe I have found it a...
I agree. The more I think about it, the less I understand why you would want to bother. If someone wants to order widgets from you, why do you care what time...
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hjwoudenberg@...
Jul 22, 2002 12:23 pm
In a message dated 7/22/2002 4:20:55 AM Central Daylight Time, david.settle@... writes: I agree, most busnesses do not need it. Howwever, I would like to...
From the RFC list today. Amongst other things, proposes an ISO 8601 profile for use in future Internet protocols. -- Ian A new Request for Comments is now...
Dear Sir/Madam at GamesBids.com , I recently visited your website at http://www.gamesbids.com/ and noticed that you are using a confusing date notation. People...
On this day of the anniversary of 2001-09-11, I would like to introduce some more links about ISO 8601: (1) Wikipedia has a review of ISO 8601 at ...
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ISO8601@yahoogroups.com
Sep 14, 2002 10:35 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the ISO8601 group. File : /Calendar FAQ...
In my opinion, it should go last (between the date and time) when using ISO 8601 format so, it looks like this: 2002-09-14 (Saturday) 18:44:30. When I write...
