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From: emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti)
Newsgroups: comp.compression
Subject: Re: Standard: Format of date and time.
Keywords: proposed data compression standard criticism date time defence
Message-ID: <1991Jun29.153847.20350@msen.com>
Date: 29 Jun 91 15:38:47 GMT
References: <874@spam.ua.oz>
Organization: MSEN, Inc. -- Ann Arbor, MI
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iso 3309 (?) would be even better for dates.

for one, it's already planned to be used in NNTP version 2.
it'll also be used in the "archive normal format" for comp.archives
descriptions of where things are.

it's entirely numeric, very easy to parse.

example.
19910102200501.34
is 02 Jan 1991 20:05:01.34

--Ed