On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 02:57:15 -0400 Clarence wrote: <snip>
> The comment regarding time settings was made before my AHA. > I assume you didn't notice this from your Basiclinux header: > Date: Sat Jan 26 21:52:50 2002 > Isn't that a strange ordering of time and year ? The above example shows the normal ordering of date/time groups for civilians in the US, except that it shows a 24 hour clock instead of a 12 hour clock with an AM or PM suffix. I think the same custom applies to civilians in the UK and former British Empire nations. In the US Armed Forces and in the military forces of all NATO countries, the system for ordering the date/time group, (or DTG, to use the official military acronym) requires that the day of the month should precede the month. I have noticed that many email client programs have a provision for the user to select the type of ordering for the DTG. The default is usually the military standard. To order the DTG to the *complete* military standard would require also an additional letter suffix referencing a specific longitude increment in the UTM coordinate system. BTW, the suffix is Z for the Greenwich Meridian. Greenwich Mean Time is referred to in the military as Zulu Time, Zulu being the military phonetic for the letter Z. The well known short wave radio station WWV broadcasts a continuous time ticker announcing Univeral Coordinated Time, or UCT. UCT is also the same as Greenwich Mean Time. Sam Heywood -- This message sent by BasicLinux
