From: dblack@...
Date: 2006-11-27T23:59:36+09:00
Subject: Re: Timestamp

Hi --

On Mon, 27 Nov 2006, Paul Lutus wrote:

> dblack@wobblini.net wrote:
>
>> Hi --
>>
>> On Mon, 27 Nov 2006, 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.
>>
>> I'm not sure what the distinction is between doubting and finding it
>> hard to believe :-)
>
> Okay, fair enough. I don't doubt that Bush is president, but I find it hard
> to believe. That should do it. :)

Yes, I see :-)

>> Anyway, here's a quote from ISO 8601:
>>
>>>>>
>> If necessary for a particular application a decimal fraction of hour,
>> minute or second may be included. If a decimal fraction is included,
>> lower order components (if any) shall be omitted and the decimal
>> fraction shall be divided from the integer part by the decimal sign
>> specified in ISO 31-0: i.e. the comma [,] or full stop [.]. Of these,
>> the comma is the preferred sign.
>
> This sounds as though the radix sign should follow the locale, as do numbers
> in that locale.

It sounds to me like the comma is preferred over the dot, period :-)
But either is OK.


David

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