From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2006-11-27T06:27:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Timestamp

Paul Lutus wrote:
> dblack@wobblini.net wrote:
> 
> / ...
> 
> 
>>>Milliseconds, then, since they appeared as three-digit integers.
>>
>>Actually the whole thing (44,12 or 23,555 or whatever) is one float,
>>using a comma separator instead of a dot.  The comma is the
>>"preferred" separator in this context in the ISO 8601 standard, so I
>>imagine that's being followed here.
> 
> 
> Not that I have any doubt about your claim, but I find it hard to believe
> that an international standard would specify a locale-specific radix
> character.
> 

It does seem odd, but I've seen so much oddness come from committees
that I can't be totally disbelieving.


Hal