Re: times, dates, images, and S-W

["Arthur W. Protin Jr." (GC-ACCURATE) <cbmvax!uunet!PICA.ARMY.MIL!protin>]

    Major <major@pta.oz.au> writes
>
>"Arthur W. Protin Jr." (GC-ACCURATE) <protin%PICA.ARMY.MIL@munnari.oz> 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?
>
>
    I guess then, it is time to start converting over to the longer
yyyymmdd!  


Arthur Protin <protin@pica.army.mil>
These are my personal views and do not reflect those of my boss
or this installation.