Martin Rulsch wrote:
In German Nov 2, 24:00 equals Nov 3, 0:00. For further information have a
look at Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-hour_clock#Confusion_at_noon_and_midnight
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24-hour_clock#Midnight_00:00_and_24:00
Thanks for this. DaB. announced his
According to the road map, the Toolserver will not be shut down before June
30, 2014.
Cheers
Martin
2013/11/16 MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com
Martin Rulsch wrote:
In German Nov 2, 24:00 equals Nov 3, 0:00. For further information have a
look at Wikipedia:
On Oct 31, 2013 2:11 AM, Steve Zhang cro0...@gmail.com wrote:
I have to say, I'm amazed such a long discussion has occured over a
question about the time for an office hours sessions.
I'm amazed nobody has brought up leap seconds yet, which make 23:59:59 roll
over to 23:59:60 and would steal
Hi. :)
I wanted to let you know that James Forrester is holding a second set of
office hours to discuss VisualEditor. These are scheduled for 1700 UTC on 2
November and UTC on 3 November. For local time conversions, see
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Office_hours and click on the starting
Hi Maggie -
Just to clarify, since UTC is a confusing time for most of us...is
that the minute after 2359 UTC on November 2 (i.e., 7 hours after the first
session), or is it the minute after 2359 UTC on November 3?
I've seen it used both ways so I just want to be clear.
Risker
On 30
On 10/30/2013 11:20 AM, Risker wrote:
Just to clarify, since UTC is a confusing time for most of us
{{cn}}
I've heard that said very often (that 00:00 is somehow confusing to many
people), but I've yet to actually see someone being actually confused by it.
There is exactly one minute
On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Marc A. Pelletier m...@uberbox.orgwrote:
On 10/30/2013 11:20 AM, Risker wrote:
Just to clarify, since UTC is a confusing time for most of us
{{cn}}
I've heard that said very often (that 00:00 is somehow confusing to many
people), but I've yet to
It's simple enough to use 0001 instead of .
Newyorkbrad
On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Marc A. Pelletier m...@uberbox.org
wrote:
On 10/30/2013 11:20 AM, Risker wrote:
Just to clarify, since UTC is a confusing
On 10/30/2013 11:45 AM, Newyorkbrad wrote:
It's simple enough to use 0001 instead of .
It is, but if there /are/ in fact a large number of people being
confused by it, then treating 00:00 as though it had special status by
avoiding it will only *add* to that confusion rather than clarify the
In an arbitration committee election a couple of years ago, I definitely
recall confusion about whether a deadline of on a given date meant
that the deadline expired as of the beginning of that date or the end of
that date.
Time designations are human conventions, not laws of nature, and
In German Nov 2, 24:00 equals Nov 3, 0:00. For further information have a
look at Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-hour_clock#Confusion_at_noon_and_midnight
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24-hour_clock#Midnight_00:00_and_24:00
Cheers
Martin
2013/10/30 Newyorkbrad newyorkb...@gmail.com
On 10/30/2013 8:39 AM, Marc A. Pelletier wrote:
On 10/30/2013 11:20 AM, Risker wrote:
Just to clarify, since UTC is a confusing time for most of us
{{cn}}
I've heard that said very often (that 00:00 is somehow confusing to many
people), but I've yet to actually see someone being actually
Are you saying that our extensive discussion of the meaning of counts
for naught?
Newyorkbrad
On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Michael Snow wikipe...@frontier.comwrote:
On 10/30/2013 8:39 AM, Marc A. Pelletier wrote:
On 10/30/2013 11:20 AM, Risker wrote:
Just to clarify, since
On 30 October 2013 11:47, Marc A. Pelletier m...@uberbox.org wrote:
On 10/30/2013 11:45 AM, Newyorkbrad wrote:
It's simple enough to use 0001 instead of .
It is, but if there /are/ in fact a large number of people being
confused by it, then treating 00:00 as though it had special status
It confuses me, too, Risker. :) I'm terrified of time conversions, so I
rely on the link they give us on the office hours page itself. :D
It is 7 hours after the first session. The first time I listed a session at
that time, I tried for 2400, but they couldn't process that one. I myself
would
You know, I didn't believe them when they said Wikimedians could fight
about *anything*...and then I read this thread.
On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Newyorkbrad newyorkb...@gmail.com wrote:
Are you saying that our extensive discussion of the meaning of counts
for naught?
On 10/30/2013 11:51 AM, Newyorkbrad wrote:
Time designations are human conventions, not laws of nature, and should be
as clearly expressed as possible. Anyone who disagrees with me is free
to state his or her opinion until today.
That deadline has come and gone, as you well know. :-)
Good one, Brad. :)
Katherine, I think you meant about *nothing*. ;)
Maggie
On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Katherine Casey
fluffernutter.w...@gmail.com wrote:
You know, I didn't believe them when they said Wikimedians could fight
about *anything*...and then I read this thread.
On
On 10/30/2013 8:58 AM, Newyorkbrad wrote:
On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Michael Snow wikipe...@frontier.comwrote:
On 10/30/2013 8:39 AM, Marc A. Pelletier wrote:
On 10/30/2013 11:20 AM, Risker wrote:
Just to clarify, since UTC is a confusing time for most of us
{{cn}}
I've heard
On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Marc A. Pelletier m...@uberbox.org wrote:
Yes, time designation are human conventions, but there is no more
ambiguity about where lies there than there is about where 7 lies
amongst the integers. If there are people who are confused and think
that it
On 30 October 2013 12:14, Marco Chiesa chiesa.ma...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Marc A. Pelletier m...@uberbox.org
wrote:
Yes, time designation are human conventions, but there is no more
ambiguity about where lies there than there is about where 7 lies
* Risker wrote:
Just to clarify, since UTC is a confusing time for most of us...is
that the minute after 2359 UTC on November 2 (i.e., 7 hours after the first
session), or is it the minute after 2359 UTC on November 3?
I've seen it used both ways so I just want to be clear.
Could you
On 30/10/13 16:32, Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote:
* Risker wrote:
Just to clarify, since UTC is a confusing time for most of us...is
that the minute after 2359 UTC on November 2 (i.e., 7 hours after the first
session), or is it the minute after 2359 UTC on November 3?
I've seen it used both ways
Has someone already started a book about wikidramas? One chapter
called 00:00 would be a good one.
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On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 12:43 PM, Isarra Yos zhoris...@gmail.com wrote:
On 30/10/13 16:32, Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote:
* Risker wrote:
Just to clarify, since UTC is a confusing time for most of us...is
that the minute after 2359 UTC on November 2 (i.e., 7 hours after the
first
session),
On 30 October 2013 12:32, Bjoern Hoehrmann derhoe...@gmx.net wrote:
* Risker wrote:
Just to clarify, since UTC is a confusing time for most of us...is
that the minute after 2359 UTC on November 2 (i.e., 7 hours after the
first
session), or is it the minute after 2359 UTC on November 3?
As far as I know, just in German and about German topics:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:10_Jahre_Wikipedia/Wikipedia-Buch
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alles_%C3%BCber_Wikipedia_und_die_Menschen_hinter_der_gr%C3%B6%C3%9Ften_Enzyklop%C3%A4die_der_Welt;
for an English abstract see
On 31/10/13 02:51, Newyorkbrad wrote:
In an arbitration committee election a couple of years ago, I definitely
recall confusion about whether a deadline of on a given date meant
that the deadline expired as of the beginning of that date or the end of
that date.
Voting periods in
I have to say, I'm amazed such a long discussion has occured over a
question about the time for an office hours sessions.
*Steven Zhang*
*cro0...@gmail.com*
On 31 October 2013 09:42, Tim Starling tstarl...@wikimedia.org wrote:
On 31/10/13 02:51, Newyorkbrad wrote:
In an arbitration
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