K.S. Bhaskar on 13 Sep 2009 14:51:40 -0700


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Re: [PLUG] ISO-8601


On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 4:44 PM, JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org> wrote:
>  > Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 08:57:03 -0400
>  > From: "Claude M. Schrader" <plug@claudeschrader.com>
>  > Subject: Re: [PLUG] SOT: _Big Bang Theory_
>
> On 19:54 Sat 12 Sep, JP Vossen wrote:
>  >> Season 3 of _The Big Bang Theory_ starts soon on 3 KWY on Monday at
>  >> 9:30 PM.  The season 2 closer is on 2009-09-14, and the new one
>  >> premiers 2009-09-21.
>  >
>  > I love how you can always tell someone is in IT just by looking at
> how > they write dates and times. I'm guessing you also wanted to type
>  > 21:30, but stopped yourself?
>
> LOL.  Well, I *really* wanted to write 20090921T213000-0400 (or even
> 2009-09-21 21:30 -04:00), but I figured if I wanted anyone to actually
> watch it, I should try to be more readable.  Though admittedly this
> crowd would probably mostly get it.  :-)
>
> I love ISO-8601, it actually sorts dates/times correctly, it's
> unambiguous, it slices, it dices, it's better than a Ronco Salad Shooter!

[KSB] My watch is set on a 24-hour clock, so I guess I am duly labeled.

As a trivia question, in what time keeping system is 9:30pm on Monday
September 21, 2009 written as 61625,77400 and what do the two numbers
mean?

Regards
-- Bhaskar
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