http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ISO8601/ To bring the International Date and Time Format to the attention of the Internet world and beyond. Sun, 18 May 2008 21:20:13 GMT hjwoudenberg@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ISO8601/message/2171 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ISO8601/message/2171 In a message dated 5/14/2008 5:21:06 P.M. Central Daylight Time, PIEBALDconsult@... writes: Maybe. ... the same ... Not so much. ISO 8601 allows for Wed, 14 May 2008 22:20:40 GMT piebaldconsult http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ISO8601/message/2170 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ISO8601/message/2170 ... Maybe. ... the same ... Not so much. ISO 8601 allows for virtually unlimited range and precision, which is OK, for textual interchange, but impractical for Wed, 14 May 2008 15:13:11 GMT hjwoudenberg@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ISO8601/message/2169 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ISO8601/message/2169 Most people wouldn't believe that today different software gets different date/time results. Because: The industry does not have date/time standards for Tue, 13 May 2008 13:05:41 GMT johnmsteele http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ISO8601/message/2168 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ISO8601/message/2168 Well, at the time the guy with club didn't know he was supposed to count backwards. However ISO does define the date format for prior to current era. The Tue, 13 May 2008 06:06:02 GMT Tex Texin http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ISO8601/message/2167 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ISO8601/message/2167 I believe the typical date format in BC was the guy would club a woman over the head and drag her by her hair back to the cave. tex Tue, 13 May 2008 04:38:12 GMT nilamberbiswal http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ISO8601/message/2166 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ISO8601/message/2166 ... What is the date format for BC ? nilambar biswal. Thu, 08 May 2008 00:16:48 GMT piebaldconsult http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ISO8601/message/2165 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ISO8601/message/2165 Wow, nothing since 2007-08-24. Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:09:35 GMT piebaldconsult http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ISO8601/message/2164 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ISO8601/message/2164 ... (So tempted... so tempted...) ... I think my point may have been that you can't go directly from GPS-to- offset, you'll need some sort of lookup table Fri, 24 Aug 2007 22:38:45 GMT datefreak http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ISO8601/message/2163 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ISO8601/message/2163 ... globe, ... What other factors? Time zone is not defined in ISO 8601. Actual time shift between local (or standard) time and UTC is. And there, GPS comes Sun, 15 Jul 2007 18:17:38 GMT dmweiten http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ISO8601/message/2162 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ISO8601/message/2162 Hi there, Very good points. I considered this issue at some length when designing the time subsystem on the NxtPhase Relays and Recorders some years ago. I Sat, 14 Jul 2007 16:03:10 GMT piebaldconsult http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ISO8601/message/2161 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ISO8601/message/2161 ... Same way. ... "What year?" Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:40:09 GMT piebaldconsult http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ISO8601/message/2160 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ISO8601/message/2160 I just took a quick look and nothing jumped out at me as being grossly wrong. What would be wrong is if a particular piece of not-quite-rightness were left Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:27:30 GMT piebaldconsult http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ISO8601/message/2159 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ISO8601/message/2159 ... Yes, but... time zone isn't strictly decided by location on the globe, there are other factors. Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:50:55 GMT g1smd_amsat_org http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ISO8601/message/2158 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ISO8601/message/2158 [2007-Jul-13] I see that the Wikipedia entry for ISO 8601 has been heavily edited, mostly by one person. Several sections of the article, things that have been Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:45:35 GMT datefreak http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ISO8601/message/2157 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ISO8601/message/2157 ... phone or ... dozen hours to ... US a ... standard. ... "The world" HAS that necessary standard. It's called: ISO 8601. In that standard, both UTC and Z