From phma@oltronics.net Tue Nov 14 04:16:50 2000 Return-Path: X-Sender: phma@oltronics.net X-Apparently-To: lojban@egroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-6_2_1); 14 Nov 2000 12:16:50 -0000 Received: (qmail 51583 invoked from network); 14 Nov 2000 12:16:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by l9.egroups.com with QMQP; 14 Nov 2000 12:16:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.oltronics.net) (204.213.85.8) by mta3 with SMTP; 14 Nov 2000 13:17:55 -0000 Received: from neofelis (root@localhost) by mail.oltronics.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id HAA15962 for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2000 07:16:47 -0500 X-BlackMail: 207.15.133.28, neofelis, , 207.15.133.28 X-Authenticated-Timestamp: 07:16:47(EST) on November 14, 2000 To: lojban@egroups.com Subject: Place structure of dates Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 06:33:16 -0500 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.29.2] Content-Type: text/plain MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <00111406525204.20128@neofelis> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: Pierre Abbat The place structure of {djedi} is that of a measuring unit: x1 is x2 days long by standard x3. This does not make sense as a place structure for a day of the week, or a month of the year; the only time we use a day of the week like that is in "a month of Sundays" (x1 is 30 Sundays long). I propose that the place structure of days of the week, days of the month, and months of the year be x1 is the Sunday of week x2, or a Sunday of month x2, etc. So: le pavyvondei be le bikyjukmasti be le relki'ona'a be'o be'o noi fagdei Also, the order of parts of a date in pi'e format is illogical. It should be year:month:day, as with times it is hour:minute:second. As we sometimes give the year and month, and sometimes the month and day, we need a digit like zo'e to indicate which is being omitted. phma