On Wed, 2 Jan 2002 18:54:59 Duncan Bath wrote: >We don't see (eg.) 5:60 momentarily then 6:00. >What's the problem? (If there is one) >D. >... Good point, Duncan. Nonetheless, being that minutes and seconds would just be temporary vis-a-vis a larger entity, day, and given that we were discussing the issue of possible confusion emerging from whether one should use 24 of 04 jan, or 00 of 05 jan, for instance, I felt that this could be particularly addressed by my proposal. Besides, with your example above one can proceed further, i.e. from 05 to 06, whereas with 24 that would be "end of the line", if you know what I mean...
If, one day, we manage to create a "supra-time reckoning system" of the likes of "star date" of Star Trek, then, evidently, on that day, changes would be just like we see in your example, i.e. 2001.10.37.9.99.99 changing to 2002.01.01.0.00.00 (whatever... :-S) Marcus Is your boss reading your email? ....Probably Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. Sign up today at http://mail.lycos.com
