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Re: The "Online Nautical Almanac (UPDATED)" to accept dates in the ISO-8601 format?
From: Peter Monta
Date: 2021 Jan 29, 16:19 -0500
From: Peter Monta
Date: 2021 Jan 29, 16:19 -0500
Dates are ambiguous with regard to ordering. Pick a random country: when is 3/4/5? Six possibilities. That's the purpose of ISO-8601. The lexicographic order is not a bad feature either, and one I've actually used for its intended purpose, but mostly it's the fact that it's well-specified and simple. Keeping up with Russian month-names is not something you want in your telescope firmware (or in Internet standards such as email). Just my two cents.
Cheers,
Peter
