This work appeals to me a great deal, so this is not really a constructive criticism. I applaud the completely irrefutable arguments to why four-digit dates are a must in internet communication. I just have one question: Does 03-Apr-01 mean third of April 2001 or does it mean first of April 2003 (that would really be an April's Fool with a vengeance). In a few years I might wonder even more ... May you all have a nice day ... Jesper Nørgaard Welen Email: jnorgard@Prodigy.Net.mx Programador/Analista CIMMYT - Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo Dirección: CIMMYT Int. c/o Jesper Nørgaard Km. 45, Carretera México-Veracruz El Batán Texcoco, Edo. de México CP 56130 MEXICO Tel.: +52 (5) 58-04-20-04 ext. 1374 Fax: +52 (5) 58-04-75-58 Tel. Casa: 53-10-05-95 ó 53-10-97-78 CIMMYT home page: http://cimmyt.cgiar.org Check out my free program World Time Explorer: http://timezone50.homepage.com ---------- From: Olson, Arthur David (NCI)[SMTP:olsona@dc37a.nci.nih.gov] Sent: Lunes 9 de Abril de 2001 7:13 To: tz (E-mail) Subject: FW: New date and time draft Graham Klyne is not on the time zone mailing list; direct replies appropriately. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Graham Klyne [mailto:GK@NineByNine.org] Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 5:11 AM To: discuss@apps.ietf.org; tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov Subject: New date and time draft FYI, I've submitted a revision of the date and time draft Chris Newman wrote some time ago. One of the goals for the current revision is to create a separate specification that answers a clear and present requirement from other parts concerning which there is less clear consensus. Specifically, this draft aims to move forward the timestamp elements of Chris' original work, while allowing the trickier "schedule events" elements to be picked up and developed by a group with more specific relevant expertise and goals, if required. #g -- A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories. This draft is a work item of the Instant Messaging and Presence Protocol Working Group of the IETF. Title : Date and Time on the Internet: Timestamps Author(s) : C. Newman, G. Klyne Filename : draft-ietf-impp-datetime-00.txt Pages : 16 Date : 03-Apr-01 This document defines a date and time format for use in Internet protocols that is a profile of the ISO 8601 [ISO8601] standard for representation of dates and times using the Gregorian calendar. A URL for this Internet-Draft is: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-impp-datetime-00.txt ------------ Graham Klyne (GK@ACM.ORG)