= Сообщение: 1055 из 7128 ====================================== FTSC_PUBLIC = От : mark lewis 1:3634/12 10 Jan 14 15:25:15 Кому : Maurice Kinal 10 Jan 14 15:25:15 Тема : all over but the crying? FGHI : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=1:3634/12.0+2d0475b2 На : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=1:153/7001.0+52cf8bb6 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: CP866 ================================== ==============================================================================
On Fri, 10 Jan 2014, Maurice Kinal wrote to mark lewis:
ml> seems simple enough
MK> When I see your node raising and flying the flag I might stand at MK> attention and salute. ;-)
what node are you speaking of? which flag?
ml> zero is zero is zero
MK> But it isn't zero. 0000 is not a number with or without the '+' MK> character. It is a string of '0' characters used to represent MK> hours and minutes in offsets.
exactly... and there's no difference between -0000 and +0000 both represent the same meridian...
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ml> with your taunting usage of "DOS think"
MK> AHA!!! The above is missing the '-' character as per specs. The MK> output should be "DOS-think". Shame on you for not paying proper MK> attention to details.
hahaha...
ml> that depends on which standard you are following
MK> ISO-8601 and other acceptable networking formats. In all of them MK> that contain numerical character utc offsets the '+' character is MK> required where applicable, such as system's times of UTC (eg MK> +0000).
"where applicable" being the keywords...
MK> Stripping the '+' character from it's output just to suit software MK> that isn't likely to get any airtime would be downright silly.
and yet FTN software interfaces with other systems and the standards those systems use with no problems and it does it every day all day...
