[math-fun] Very important moment coming up momentarily
In just a few minutes it will be 01:02:03 04/05/06 EDT. By morning it will have been 01:02:03 04/05/06 all over the U.S. --Dan
By morning it will have been 01:02:03 04/05/06 all over the U.S.
Which is a sequence, so I got interviewed by a reporter: see http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06094/679172-115.stm Neil
Ha! Physicists don't care about these things -- they look for 'coordinate-free' representations... At 10:08 PM 4/4/2006, N. J. A. Sloane wrote:
By morning it will have been 01:02:03 04/05/06 all over the U.S.
Which is a sequence, so I got interviewed by a reporter: see http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06094/679172-115.stm
Neil
As remarked by Post-Gazette.com, it is incorrect here, because we never use M/D/Y but D/M/Y: today is 05/04/06... Thus, the 1-2-3-4-5-6 sequence will occur here next month, May 4th. One day < one month < one year: Hmmmm... our D/M/Y looks more logical than your M/D/Y... In fact, the only two logical orders would be: - SS:MM:HH D/M/Y - Y/M/D HH:MM:SS But never used... Christian. -----Message d'origine----- De : math-fun-bounces+cboyer=club-internet.fr@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:math-fun-bounces+cboyer=club-internet.fr@mailman.xmission.com] De la part de dasimov@earthlink.net Envoyé : mercredi 5 avril 2006 06:52 À : math-fun Objet : [math-fun] Very important moment coming up momentarily In just a few minutes it will be 01:02:03 04/05/06 EDT. By morning it will have been 01:02:03 04/05/06 all over the U.S. --Dan _______________________________________________ math-fun mailing list math-fun@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/math-fun
On Wednesday 05 April 2006 07:23, Christian Boyer wrote:
In fact, the only two logical orders would be: - SS:MM:HH D/M/Y - Y/M/D HH:MM:SS But never used...
The latter, very slightly modified, is the ISO standard form. It's not used very much by humans, but for computers it's excellent: clear, unambiguous, and readily sortable. The official ISO form when you have both date and time looks like this: 2006-04-05T03:02:01 . It's more readable with a space in the middle. More details than you want are at http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html -- g
After the French revolution, with the new metric system, it was proposed in 1793 to split a day in 10 hours of 100 minutes of 100 seconds. Much more logical, but (unfortunately/fortunately?) cancelled only 2 years later, in 1795. Some watches were built in this period. They have now a great value. Christian. -----Message d'origine----- De : Gareth McCaughan [mailto:gareth.mccaughan@pobox.com] Envoyé : mercredi 5 avril 2006 12:50 À : math-fun@mailman.xmission.com Cc : Christian Boyer Objet : Re: [math-fun] Very important moment coming up momentarily On Wednesday 05 April 2006 07:23, Christian Boyer wrote:
In fact, the only two logical orders would be: - SS:MM:HH D/M/Y - Y/M/D HH:MM:SS But never used...
The latter, very slightly modified, is the ISO standard form. It's not used very much by humans, but for computers it's excellent: clear, unambiguous, and readily sortable. The official ISO form when you have both date and time looks like this: 2006-04-05T03:02:01 . It's more readable with a space in the middle. More details than you want are at http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html -- g
The last mentioned order was agreed internationally by more countries than have ever agreed on anything else, more than a quarter of a century ago. R. On Wed, 5 Apr 2006, Christian Boyer wrote:
As remarked by Post-Gazette.com, it is incorrect here, because we never use M/D/Y but D/M/Y: today is 05/04/06... Thus, the 1-2-3-4-5-6 sequence will occur here next month, May 4th.
One day < one month < one year: Hmmmm... our D/M/Y looks more logical than your M/D/Y...
In fact, the only two logical orders would be: - SS:MM:HH D/M/Y - Y/M/D HH:MM:SS But never used...
Christian.
-----Message d'origine----- De : math-fun-bounces+cboyer=club-internet.fr@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:math-fun-bounces+cboyer=club-internet.fr@mailman.xmission.com] De la part de dasimov@earthlink.net Envoyé : mercredi 5 avril 2006 06:52 À : math-fun Objet : [math-fun] Very important moment coming up momentarily
In just a few minutes it will be 01:02:03 04/05/06 EDT.
By morning it will have been 01:02:03 04/05/06 all over the U.S.
--Dan
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Afraid we haven't got to 06-05-04 03:02:01 yet! R. On Wed, 5 Apr 2006, dasimov@earthlink.net wrote:
In just a few minutes it will be 01:02:03 04/05/06 EDT.
By morning it will have been 01:02:03 04/05/06 all over the U.S.
--Dan
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