John, it may be the native time format of C, but I've never seen it before.
I'm not a programmer, but I've been around computers for many years. I
assume that most C users therefore convert the native format to a more
meaningful format before displaying it to users.
I'd be comfortable using the ISO Standard, James -- because it is logical
and easy to interpret, whereas the current representation fulfils neither of
these criteria.
Lindsay Graham
Canberra, Australia
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From: "M Henri Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 9:01 AM
Subject: Re: [users] Voting on Issues
2008/1/25, James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
John W. Kennedy wrote:
> Lindsay Graham wrote:
>> Thank you, Henri and Cor. There are none so blind as those who will
>> not see!! I just did not see the year tucked away at the extreme end
>> of the line!
>>
>> Why on earth are the date and time shown in such a non-standard way?
>> Why not "Mon 1 Jul 2002 19:02:56 +0000" which is so much easier to
>> interpret?
>
> I don't know why, but it's the native time format of C, so it's found
> all over the place.
>
Of course the best alternative is to follow the ISO standard, where date
& time are displayed in order of decreasing signficance. i.e. YYYY MM
DD hh mm ss etc.
Agreed !...
Henri
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