[lojban-beginners] Re: Dates

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 09:40:20AM -0700, Travis Garris wrote:
> "papa pe'i pa":  Is that 11:01 or January 11?  That depends on
> where it is used, which is fine.  When telling time, it reads hour
> "pe'i" minute, larger unit "pe'i" smaller unit.  When telling the
> date, it tells day "pe'i" month, smaller unit "pe'i" larger unit.

The Correct Solution is Nick's.

To wit: *always* use four digits for the year.  Always always
always.

That way, as long as you don't use the insane American
month-day-year crap (i.e., whether you go from days to years or
years to days, as long as you do it in order), everything works out.

Samples:

2003-10-01: 1 Oct, 2003.
2003-10: Oct, 2003
2003: Duh.

01-10-2003: 1 Oct, 2003
01-10: 1 Oct
01: Day 1, no particular month or year.

There is no way to have ambiguity as long as you do the year in 4
digits and you don't to mixed-endian (i.e. month-day-year).

-Robin

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