Lars,
In a message dated 2010.06.30 06:44 -0500, Lars Nooden wrote:
Searching the issues database (on an unrelated problem) prompted a
question about the timestamp format:
See ISO 8601 or discussions of it:
A summary of the international standard date and time notation
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html
... [etc.]
Wow. I must have /really/ asked that question poorly: I asked if anyone
knew the motivation behind the format of the timestamp in the OO issues
database (DoW MMM dd HH:mm:ss yyyy) -
DoW = Day-of-Week (3 characters)
MMM = Month (3 characters)
dd = Day-of-Month (2 digits)
HH:mm:ss = Hours (24-hour, 2 digits) : minutes (2 digits) : seconds
(2 digits))
yyyy = Year (4 digits)
- and this is the second reply advising the use of ISO 8601 format!
I /thought/ I made it clear that I /like/ most-to-least-significant
ordering (as in HH:mm:ss), particularly for comparing timestamps, and
that I suspect most people see similar benefit in monotonic ordering.
That's why I asked: Can anyone explain the merit of the format used in
the issues database? That is, what is its functional motivation?
In other words, far from arguing for that format, I'm just trying to
understand why it is used. If you can help me express that question with
any more clarity - or know of a better place to ask the question - I
would be grateful.
John
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