I vote to encourage the use of the T between date and time. * The T is the official method to connect the date and the time in the various ISO 8601 standards, notably the ISO 8601:2004 "extended" format String. As long as we are encouraging a specific format, let's encourage the official one, not the one which might be "most common". * The T serves an important function: it indicates that a time follows the date. Otherwise, it is harder for software (and humans) to know if the subsequent information is a time or some other information.
-- Sincerely, Bob Simons IT Specialist Environmental Research Division NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center 99 Pacific St., Suite 255A (New!) Monterey, CA 93940 (New!) Phone: (831)333-9878 (New!) Fax: (831)648-8440 Email: bob.sim...@noaa.gov The contents of this message are mine personally and do not necessarily reflect any position of the Government or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <><
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