Subject: Re: Archival Information format: date and time
From: Tom Lopez (Tom.Lopez@oberlin.edu)
Date: Sun Aug 05 2007 - 12:43:15 EDT
This is a trivial pet peeve of mine.
I realize that single-quote ' and double-quote " are used with angle
measurement, but I've never liked the colon : for duration. To me,
it denotes time, which is a separate issue.
To me, 4:17 refers to a time of day, not a duration
I prefer 4'17" because (to me) it suggestions duration.
With angle measurement, 4'17" marks a difference from 0'0" - just
like 4'17" in time duration marks a difference from 0'0".
But 4:17 does not mark a difference from anything (is it 4:17am or
4:17pm?) it simply marks a moment in time (not a duration).
Sorry to belabor the point ;) Whenever I have the ability to
determine how duration is communicated, I use quotes, even though
it's not widely accepted.
Tom Lopez
On Aug 5, 2007, at 11:04 AM, Jean-François Denis wrote:
>
> For date, internally, I also use
>> yyyy mm dd
>
>
>
> For time, the ' and " symbols do mean minutes and seconds _but_ for
> the measurement of angles... not time.
> http://id.mind.net/~zona/mmts/trigonometryRealms/degMinSec/
> degMinSec.htm
>
> So internally I'd use the semicolon...
>
>> 4:17
>> 0:00:17
>
>
> .. but in the www.electrocd.com website, it is displayed with the
> letters h m and s...
>
> 4m17s
>
> jf
>
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