Without the ¹T' the ISO compliance of the time stamp is in a gray area. According to the wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601 "It is permitted to omit the 'T' character by mutual agreement² But then I would assume: <date>T<time> turns into <date><time> (no space between date and time, exceedingly less human readable) On 9/22/16, 3:43 PM, "CF-metadata on behalf of Seth McGinnis" <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote: >I have to disagree. Personally, I find the T a lot less readable than >separating them with a space. > >On 9/22/16 4:04 PM, Armstrong, Edward M (398G) wrote: >> Just making the time stamp more human readable is important so I too am >> in favor of a ¹T¹ to separate the date and time ! >> >> From: CF-metadata <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Bob Simons - >> NOAA Federal <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Date: Thursday, September 22, 2016 at 2:14 PM >> To: CF Metadata <[email protected] >><mailto:[email protected]>> >> Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Temporal nitpicks. >> >> 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] <mailto:[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 >> >_______________________________________________ >CF-metadata mailing list >[email protected] >http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
