Seems there is an ISO8601 revision in progress ? https://www.loc.gov/standards/datetime/ -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.

Hi I had never realized there was a format for expressing “I think it was 1967 but it’s all a bit of a blur”. Bob > On Nov 23, 2017, at 4:57 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote: > > Seems there is an ISO8601 revision in progress ? > > https://www.loc.gov/standards/datetime/ > > -- > Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 > phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 > FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe > Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there.

-------- In message <4BEC82C4-583E-4632-8589-D898CC2BD16F@n1k.org>, Bob kb8tq writes: >I had never realized there was a format for expressing “I think it was 1967 but it’s >all a bit of a blur”. I think that is one of the major reasons for the revision. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.

I believe the phrase "circa 1967" fits the bill pretty well, although it may fall a little bit short of "...but it’s all a bit of a blur”. Dana On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 7:18 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote: > -------- > In message <4BEC82C4-583E-4632-8589-D898CC2BD16F@n1k.org>, Bob kb8tq > writes: > > >I had never realized there was a format for expressing “I think it was > 1967 but it’s > >all a bit of a blur”. > > I think that is one of the major reasons for the revision. > > > -- > Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 > phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 > FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe > Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/ > mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. >

HI > On Nov 23, 2017, at 8:18 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote: > > -------- > In message <4BEC82C4-583E-4632-8589-D898CC2BD16F@n1k.org>, Bob kb8tq writes: > >> I had never realized there was a format for expressing “I think it was 1967 but it’s >> all a bit of a blur”. > > I think that is one of the major reasons for the revision. That’s the way I read it. It’s all a bit of a blur so I could be wrong … :) Bob > > > -- > Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 > phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 > FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe > Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.

So this new revision enables essentially for the encoding of ``ca.''? Obviously the current revision allows for varying degrees of fixed chronological granularity levels. -Ruslan On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 9:01 AM, Dana Whitlow <k8yumdoober@gmail.com> wrote: > I believe the phrase "circa 1967" fits the bill pretty well, although > it may fall a little bit short of "...but it’s all a bit of a blur”. > > Dana > > On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 7:18 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> > wrote: > >> -------- >> In message <4BEC82C4-583E-4632-8589-D898CC2BD16F@n1k.org>, Bob kb8tq >> writes: >> >> >I had never realized there was a format for expressing “I think it was >> 1967 but it’s >> >all a bit of a blur”. >> >> I think that is one of the major reasons for the revision. >> >> >> -- >> Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 >> phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 >> FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe >> Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >> To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/ >> mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. -- Ruslan Nabioullin Wittgenstein Laboratories rnabioullin@gmail.com (508) 523-8535 50 Louise Dr. Hollis, NH 03049