+1 for the "T" in the time string. On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 3:14 PM, Bob Simons - NOAA Federal < [email protected]> wrote:
> 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: [email protected] > > 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. > <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< > > > _______________________________________________ > CF-metadata mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata > >
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