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Re: times, dates, images, and S-W
- To: Major <major@pta.oz.au>
- Subject: Re: times, dates, images, and S-W
- From: "Arthur W. Protin Jr." (GC-ACCURATE) <cbmvax!uunet!PICA.ARMY.MIL!protin>
- Date: Wed, 5 Sep 90 14:16:43 EDT
- Cc: lojban-list@snark.thyrsus.com
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Major <major@pta.oz.au> writes
>
>"Arthur W. Protin Jr." (GC-ACCURATE) <protin%PICA.ARMY.MIL@munnari.oz> writes:
>
>> [regarding] conventions for time and date representations [as
>> discussed by] John Hodges & Bob
>> [...]
>> [methods] I currently use for representing dates:
>> [...]
>> (2) as year followed by two digit number of month followed by
>> two digit day of the month as in
>> 900806 or 19900806
> ^^^^^^
>
>WARNING: This method will break badly in just 10 years. Is 010202
>01 February 2002, 01 February 1902, 02 February 2001 or 02 Febraury 1901?
>
>
I guess then, it is time to start converting over to the longer
yyyymmdd!
Arthur Protin <protin@pica.army.mil>
These are my personal views and do not reflect those of my boss
or this installation.