Re: Encoding an incomplete date as xsd:dateTime

Simon,

On Wed, 6/25/14, Simon Spero <sesuncedu@gmail.com> wrote:
 [Reasoning about named calendar years in terms of
 intervals bounded by time points is painful, especially for
 years in the future.  Leap seconds can be added with only
 about six months notice ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second
 ). Leap seconds are a PITA. ] 


What possible use could Leap Seconds be if Time Series statistics (and Public Records) are compiled on a Quarterly basis ?  It is a bit cynical to convolute typographical errors with semantics, but in fact that is what you are doing is you use something other than (1461 Days / 16) = Calendar Quarter.

http://www.rustprivacy.org/2014/balance/gts/

and

http://www.rustprivacy.org/2014/balance/gts/StratML-GTS.html

--Gannon
 
 

Received on Thursday, 26 June 2014 17:31:40 UTC