There's a thread today on how best to represent dates and times in a discussion forum, "Joel on Software," that is actively read by many software developers. ...
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hjwoudenberg@...
Oct 23, 2003 2:25 am
If you take the ISO-8601 literally, it isn't! Was this one of the polls that was done in the past? Literally it must be "2003-11-22T13:30:15" For B2B I agree. ...
I do all dates like that. In my opinion, for human reading, it's the best way to do "YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss", like "1999-12-31 23:59:59". That's the format that...
As you state, strictly speaking "2003-11-22 13:30:15" is not an ISO 8601 date. You could of course consider it an ISO 8601 date followed by an ISO 8601 time,...
I agree here for the timespans and separator. Before I discovered ISO 8601, I used to use a combination format like this: 1999/12/31 23:59:59 - 2000/01/01...
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. Now: 2003.11.11+07:57:00 < +4089.0065 in my universe... > Using the plus sign {date+time} makes more sense, as the concept of time is additional to date,...
Well, I don't seem to agree here with the reverse solidus for timespans for human use. Now, something I would like to note (it has been noted before in the...
The tilde is nice, I agree. Thinking about it, it makes more sense than solidus, actually. < I wrote reserve, not reverse > My universe: Number of posi4seconds...
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Budai, Andrew
bandi@...
Nov 12, 2003 11:59 pm
... From: pa_ria To: ISO8601@yahoogroups.com Sent: 2003 11 11 Tuesday 16:28 Subject: [ISO8601] Re: Is "2003-11-22 13:30:15" an ISO-8601 date in your opinion? ...
Go into the Regional/Language settings under Control Panel in your Windows OS, look for the locale "English: United Kingdom". Now, look for the "Date" tab....
If you use the "Hungarian" setting, you'll get a long date in year-month-day order and I believe a weekday after the actual date. I think the exact format is...
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hjwoudenberg@...
Dec 5, 2003 3:31 am
The ISO-8601 idea that 1999-12-31T24:00:00 = 2000-01-01T00:00:00 is not workable. The standard must be changed. Example of the problems with UNIX time zone. ...
Hello. Why should North America avoid the use of "24:00:00"? The end of one day is the beginning of the next. It makes sense. If you are talking about file...
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Budai, Andrew
bandi@...
Dec 5, 2003 5:28 pm
... From: NGUYEN Adam To: ISO8601@yahoogroups.com Sent: 2003 12 06, Saturday 00:35 Subject: Re: [ISO8601] Fwd: Must do away with time "24:00:00" Hello. Why...
As I have seen a fair amount of confusion in others on how to handle 24:00:00, thus like avoiding it in most cases. The only exception is using it as a...
Yes, Budai! The full format should really be YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss (no T in the middle, as that will cause confusion). Even YYYY/MM/DD hh:mm:ss is fine for me,...
Yes, the ONLY time 24 h, 24:00, or 24:00:00 is used is to mean an event ending time (eg. The party goes from 18:00 - 24:00). ... Outgoing mail is certified...
... From: piebaldconsult To: ISO8601@yahoogroups.com Sent: 2003 December 06, Saturday 08:54 Subject: [ISO8601] Re: Fwd: Must do away with time "24:00:00" No,...
... This is a strange thing to say in a group dedicated to discussion of ISO 8601. ISO 8601:2000(E) says: # 5.3.2 Midnight # # The complete representations in...
You can't argue that it _should_ be in the spec because it _is_ in the spec. It's a non-sensical value (when dealing with an individual timepoint) and should...
[2003-12-11] Since the silly season seems to be back with us, a quick recap: * Only quote a SMALL part of any previous message when replying. * Write your...
Well, my case must be a special one as my antivirus program automatically adds some text to all incoming e-mails and I don't think my e-mail program allows...
Two dates separated by a solidus as in ISO 8601 or a hyphen or the like imply a time-interval with known start and end. It may be used for anniversaries of...
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