When I file my digital photographs, I use one folder per day. The folders have names like "2006_08_05" etc. As a result, all my folders are in chronological order. I use the same approach at work for similar type applications.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Carleton MacDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 12:40 AM Subject: [USMA:37172] Re: WOMBATized wristwatches > Or you could think of it as the largest unit to the left. ISO 8601 is a > very logical progression of year, month, day, hour, minute, second. > > Carleton > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of J. Ward > Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 16:01 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:37170] Re: WOMBATized wristwatches > > The international (ISO) date formats put the month before the day, not > after. This follows the practice of writing numbers with the most > significant digit on the left. So, for example, right now it is > 2006-07-30 12:56. You get the most important information first, and the > least important information last. > > See, for example, http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html > > John > > J. Ward wrote: > > > The international (ISO) date formats put the month before the day, not > > after. This follows the practice of writing numbers with the most > > significant digit on the left. So, for example, right now it is > > 2006-07-30 12:56. You get the most important information first, and > > the least important information last. > > > > See, for example, http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html > > > > John > > > > Paul Trusten, R.Ph. wrote: > > > >> I just bought a digital wristwatch to time my running. Remember when > >> these were marked, "water resistant to 100 m" or "water resistant to > >> 50 m?" All the watches I saw in this display were marked "water > >> resistant eo 330 ft!!!!" Of course, that's more "hidden metric," 100 > >> m. The WOMBATized watch I bought is made by Armitron. At least I > >> could switch the time on it to 24-hour format and the date to > >> day-month format. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Paul Trusten, R.Ph. > >> Public Relations Director > >> U.S. Metric Association, Inc. > >> www.metric.org > >> 3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apt. 122 > >> Midland TX 79707-2872 USA > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > >
