Hi, Thanks for the clarification. This is an ultra-low feature, and as I said: this is only an [optional] feature for importing from data from sql or similar and not for humans.
Regards. On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Denny Vrandečić < [email protected]> wrote: > The problem is is that 20120101 is ambiguous -- it could be either the > year 20120101, or the 1st of January of last year. > > Whereas admittedly it is more likely to be the latter, it might be > considered a bit too much magic to guess 20000101 as the first of January > of 2000 and 20000000 as "in 20 Mio years". > > ISO8601 states that the notation without hypen separators should be > avoided. Therefor, if there is no strong opposition to it, I would put a > low priority on this kind of magic. > > (On the other hand, if you make a patch that deals with this ambiguity > magically, I would merge it) > > (By the way, when importing the data through the API the magic of the > parser would not happen -- i.e. it would require you to write it down in > exactly the kind of format we specify The magic parser is only there to > support humans, not machines). > > > > 2013/1/3 Dennis Tobar <[email protected]> > >> Hi, >> >> I'm testing the timestamp format and I note that doesn't support date in >> ISO basic format (ISO 8601), as is documented in MS SQL Server pages: >> yyyymmdd[1][2] (yes, without separator string). >> >> The expected value to 20120101 is Jan 1, 2012, but the script returns >> this json >> >> { >> "time": "+00020120101-01-01T00:00:00Z", >> "precision": 9, >> "before": 0, >> "after": 0, >> "utcoffset": "+00:00", >> "calendar": "http://wikidata.org/id/Q1985727"; >> } >> >> This is my little feedback, thinking about importing some data from >> sqlserver to any repository. >> >> Regards >> >> [1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa226054(v=sql.80).aspx >> [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601#Calendar_dates >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Denny Vrandečić < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> continuing from last weeks data values discussion, I would like to >>> invite comments on the following prototypes for understanding points of >>> time and points on Earth. >>> >>> <http://simia.net/valueparser/time.html> >>> >>> <http://simia.net/valueparser/coordinate.html> >>> >>> What it currently does not do is: >>> * i18n (it's in the code, but not properly exposed yet) >>> * enable dates like "Date of birth: 437-436 BC" >>> >>> Working on both still, but I'd like to have a first round of feedback. >>> >>> Happy 2013, >>> Denny >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Project director Wikidata >>> Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Obentrautstr. 72 | 10963 Berlin >>> Tel. +49-30-219 158 26-0 | http://wikimedia.de >>> >>> Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. >>> Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter >>> der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für >>> Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikidata-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Dennis Tobar Calderón >> Ingeniero en Informática UTEM >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikidata-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l >> >> > > > -- > Project director Wikidata > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Obentrautstr. 72 | 10963 Berlin > Tel. +49-30-219 158 26-0 | http://wikimedia.de > > Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. > Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter > der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für > Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l > > -- Dennis Tobar Calderón Ingeniero en Informática UTEM
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