Re: Dates: explicit fields and missing values

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From: Ralph Hartley (hartley_at_aic.nrl.navy.mil)
Date: Mon Feb 26 2001 - 15:13:33 CET 

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Paul & Eleanor wrote:

> But if people want to spend three tags or attributes to define something
> which there are already at least three international standards for
> I guess it is not worth arguing over.

Without even having read the specs of any of the standard date formats,
I find it hard to believe that there is not already a format that does
everything we need. Everyone uses dates, and they all have the same
problems we have. Some people have more problems with dates (Genealogy
for example, where dates are far more important and uncertain).

I find it hard to believe that we are the right people to design a date
format. And we have plenty of problems that are all our own.

Use a standard.

Ralph

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