I have to say, I'm amazed such a long discussion has occured over a question about the time for an office hours sessions.
*Steven Zhang* *[email protected]* On 31 October 2013 09:42, Tim Starling <[email protected]> wrote: > On 31/10/13 02:51, Newyorkbrad wrote: > > In an arbitration committee election a couple of years ago, I definitely > > recall confusion about whether a deadline of 0000 on a given date meant > > that the deadline expired as of the beginning of that date or the end of > > that date. > > Voting periods in SecurePoll are actually half-open intervals [S, E), > i.e. "starting at exactly time S, proceeding up to but not including > time E". So "E = 2013-11-03 00:00:00" is actually the correct way to > express a voting interval that includes the whole of 2013-11-02 and > nothing after that. However, I have been browbeaten into using > 23:59:59 in more recent elections, thus stealing a whole second of > potential voting time from our poor voters. > > -- Tim Starling > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
