> In Canada the change to km/h was a non-event.
>
> Joseph B.Reid
> 17 Glebe Road West
> Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071
>
And in Australia the change was also a non-event. The change was done over a
weekend and there was no carnage as predicted by the naysayers.
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin CAMS
Geelong, Australia
At work we recently changed to a new method of compling data about our 930 stops, and a new method of displaying them in the reservation computer. I had a lot to do with its design.
The data include effective dates and date ranges, and of course times when the facilities are open. ISO 8601 was used exclusively, even though our reservation system is stuck with am/pm -- because for every one mistake made from not being fully aware of what 2145 is, TEN mistakes are made due to getting am's and pm's mixed up.
There was some complaining the first week about the change -- mainly from reservation personnel not used to the differences, and partly because Version 1.0 of anything new needs some improvement! However, NONE of the complaints were about the use of the 24-hour clock. (It had been used sporadically in the older text displays for some years.)
The only comment related to the time display at all is from someone who thought midnight was 2400. I replied that we don't use that, because there is no 2401, and that using 2400 would add confusion, plus put the moment of midnight in the wrong day. She understood immediately, and was glad that 1200 means only one thing (noon) and not two.
Changing the timetables and the reservation system to display the times used in EVERY other country is a much bigger battle, one that will have to wait for its own proper time.
Carleton
