PEP 350: Codetags

Bengt Richter bokr at oz.net
Tue Sep 27 23:55:04 EDT 2005


On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 18:53:03 +0100, Tom Anderson <twic at urchin.earth.li> wrote:

>On Tue, 27 Sep 2005, Bengt Richter wrote:
>
>> 5) Sometimes time of day can be handy, so maybe <2005-09-26 12:34:56> 
>> could be recognized?
>
>ISO 8601 suggests writing date-and-times like 2005-09-26T12:34:56 - using 
>a T as the separator between date and time. I don't really like the look 
>of it, but it is a standard, so i'd suggest using it.
>
I knew of the ISO standard, but I don't really like the "T" connector either.
Why couldn't they have used underscore or + ? Oh well. I guess you are right though.

>Bear in mind that if you don't, a black-helicopter-load of blue-helmeted 
>goons to come and apply the rubber hose argument to you.
Nah, ISO 8601 is not a DRM standard.

Regards,
Bengt Richter



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