http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwdates/ WorldWideDates Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:59:18 GMT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwdates/message/63 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwdates/message/63 Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the wwdates group: How will you pronounce the years from 2010 to 2099? o As any other number (two Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:52:10 GMT ali0917 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwdates/message/62 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwdates/message/62 So who here besides me are continuing to pronounce years as they do regular numbers (two thousand and...) as opposed reverting back to the 'split' method that Tue, 09 May 2006 21:37:16 GMT piebaldconsult http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwdates/message/61 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwdates/message/61 ... I expect that the "alternative" format would be more useful for human use. Tue, 09 May 2006 19:51:50 GMT NGUYEN Ivy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwdates/message/60 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwdates/message/60 Well, something like 'P1Y2M3D4h5m6.789s' would means 'a period of 1 year, 2 months, 3 days, 4 hours, 5 minutes, and 6.789 seconds', right? Appears Tue, 09 May 2006 19:13:55 GMT piebaldconsult http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwdates/message/59 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwdates/message/59 ... On the other hand... It's done that way in the ISO 8601 format for duration (e.g. "P1Y") which makes it more difficult to define an easily-read grammar for Mon, 01 May 2006 19:38:23 GMT piebaldconsult http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwdates/message/58 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwdates/message/58 ... (What about the cent sign?!) Yes, "5 USD" is certainly much less ambiguous (in that it's not Canadian dollars). But aren't the French and Gerpersons (some Mon, 01 May 2006 16:58:04 GMT NGUYEN Adam http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwdates/message/57 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwdates/message/57 Well, with the currency, I think putting the symbol (or unit) _after_ the value makes the most sense and sounds most logical as well. '5 $' or '5 USD' makes Mon, 01 May 2006 16:53:17 GMT piebaldconsult http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwdates/message/56 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwdates/message/56 ... Doesn't look like this is the right forum either, we need a group for discussing internal formats. I tried to find one over the weekend, but although Yahoo Mon, 01 May 2006 16:52:55 GMT piebaldconsult http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwdates/message/55 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwdates/message/55 I'm not sure whether or not this group covers both spoken and written inter-personal communication of dates and times. I would expect, however, that the focus Sat, 29 Apr 2006 22:53:16 GMT Tex Texin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwdates/message/54 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwdates/message/54 Let's assume for a minute that we all agree binary is the most flexible, most precise, most comprehensive method of representing dates. What does that have to Sun, 26 Mar 2006 17:28:07 GMT Tex Texin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwdates/message/53 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwdates/message/53 Hi guys, I thought John gave some excellent responses. I think positions have been stated clearly now all around with respect to centuries and which year is Sat, 16 Apr 2005 05:36:31 GMT Tex Texin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwdates/message/52 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwdates/message/52 Just keeping the group alive. Any dates issues? Sun, 14 Nov 2004 02:58:29 GMT Tex Texin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwdates/message/51 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwdates/message/51 If the fact that some offtopic discussion was tolerated is going to be used to justify further offtopic discussion, then we should ask the moderator to be less Mon, 06 Sep 2004 22:51:43 GMT ivy19991231@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwdates/message/50 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwdates/message/50 True. Here's a revised list: Canada/Japan/South Africa (using English) (preferred): 1999-Sep-03 (Fri.) 19:00/PM 07:00 UK/Australia/Ireland/Hong Mon, 06 Sep 2004 18:04:31 GMT John Steele http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwdates/message/49 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwdates/message/49 I think any of those could be acceptable regionally. as there would be no ambiguity on the date part. Would it make sense to say preferred is year-month-day,