Masataka Ohta <mohta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > (2013/02/27 21:19), Tony Finch wrote: > > Paul E. Jones <paulej@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> Seriously, what the heck is 24:00? > > > > See http://dotat.at/tmp/ISO_8601-2004_E.pdf section 4.2.3 "midnight" > > The IS should clarify that a day is [0:0, 24:0), not [0:0, 24:0] > and everything should be fine. Its definition of a calendar day is consistent with its definition of a time interval. It doesn't make any distinction between including and excluding the end instants. And I don't think it would be sensible to do so: it would clutter the time interval notation with no clear benefit. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <dot@xxxxxxxx> http://dotat.at/ Forties, Cromarty: East, veering southeast, 4 or 5, occasionally 6 at first. Rough, becoming slight or moderate. Showers, rain at first. Moderate or good, occasionally poor at first.