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From: Ketil Z Malde
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 00:00

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clark.w.hanley@aero.org (Clark W. Hanley) writes:

> It all sounds good to me. I would make the following suggestions
> for the data format types.

> Date should be in the format should be:   Tyyyymmdd.time

I'd prefer dates to be sortable as they are, in particular, putting time
zone at the start seems pretty weird to me.

> T = Time zone letter A through X 

Preferably, this should always be Z (UTC)  Time zones are a mess, and
don't you even try to mention DST!

> time = optional fractional part of the day (.5, Noon assumed if blank)

Huh?

> All time and dates to be based on UTC using the Gregorian calander.
> Time zone leter codes starting at the international date line with A
> and proceding East to West .

Time zone letter codes start with UTC being Z, and then proceed from A
going _eastwards_.  (MET is A, EET is B, and so forth).

~kzm
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From: Ketil Z Malde <ketil@imr.no>
Subject: Re: Free EDI
Date: 1997/02/20
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