I believe this is correct.
-----Original Message----- From: sharon [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 1:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [discuss] [OT (but where else to ask?)]: Timestamp I believe it is the universal standard set up for the entire world. So the time stamp is good no matter where your at either Europe, U.S. Or Africa, or Asia everyone will understand the standard stamp. I might be wrong. Sharon Have A Great Day http://groups.yahoo.com/group/quiltexpression4/ -------Original Message------- From: John Kaufmann Date: 06/30/10 11:00:14 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [discuss] [OT (but where else to ask?)]: Timestamp 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
