Return-Path: Resent-From: cbmvax!uunet!PICA.ARMY.MIL!protin Resent-Message-Id: <9107121843.AA06025@relay1.UU.NET> 31 Aug 90 0:39 EDT (from major@pyrmania.oz.au for lojban-list@snark.thyrsus.com) Message-Id: <9008300413.21854@munnari.oz.au> Date: Thu, 30 Aug 90 11:34:40 +0800 From: Major To: lojban-list@snark.thyrsus.com In-Reply-To: "Arthur W. Protin Jr." (GC-ACCURATE)'s message of Mon, 6 Aug 90 16:59:59 EDT <9008061659.aa08340@COR4.PICA.ARMY.MIL> Subject: times, dates, images, and S-W Sender: cbmvax!uunet!pta.oz.au!major Organization: Library of Scientific Knowledge (Inc) X-Bang-Address: {uunet,hplabs,ukc}!munnari!pta.oz.au!major X-Postal-Address: Box T1680 GPO, Perth WA 6001, Australia X-Phone: + 61 9 474-2600 X-Fax: + 61 9 474-1221 Resent-Date: Fri, 12 Jul 91 14:37:56 EDT Resent-To: John Cowan Status: RO X-From-Space-Date: Fri Jul 12 17:27:43 1991 X-From-Space-Address: cbmvax!uunet!PICA.ARMY.MIL!protin "Arthur W. Protin Jr." (GC-ACCURATE) writes: > [regarding] conventions for time and date representations [as > discussed by] John Hodges & Bob > [...] > [methods] I currently use for representing dates: > [...] > (2) as year followed by two digit number of month followed by > two digit day of the month as in > 900806 or 19900806 ^^^^^^ WARNING: This method will break badly in just 10 years. Is 010202 01 February 2002, 01 February 1902, 02 February 2001 or 02 Febraury 1901? YOU have a convention of yymmdd, but there is nothing which makes that obviously better than ddmmyy. Which you are using is only obvious in those years when yy>31. Happy hacking! | For every action, there is an equal and | opposite government program. Major | major@pta.oz.au |