HP3000-L Archives

February 2006, Week 2

HP3000-L@RAVEN.UTC.EDU

Options: Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
From:
Dave Gale <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
Dave Gale <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:38:32 -0500
Content-Type:
text/plain
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (23 lines)
Isn't this part of the premise behind a shop calendar? Since a company 
can run on a fiscal year or close on a day other than the beginning of 
the month.


Walter Murray wrote:
> In an earlier posting, I wondered aloud whether there were a rigorous
> definition of the difference between two dates, in years, months, and
> days.
>
> I did check ISO 8601, which is a standard for date representation.  It
> did state one requirement to be met when expressing a time period in
> years, months, and days:  months must not be greater than 11, and days
> must not be greater than 30.  That's all I could find.
>
> Walter  
>
>
>   

* To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, *
* etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *

ATOM RSS1 RSS2