Dear mark4-ga;
I hate for this to waste so I’ll post it as a comment for now to see
if I am on the right track. If it serves as an answer in any way
please let me know and perhaps I can post it as such or even expand on
it.
For starters, lets look at what it says on the INTERNATIONAL STANDARD
DATE TIME NOTATION web site at:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html . According to this we
are all witnessing the evolution of standard time notation practices
and the rule here appears to be “Out with the old – in with the new”:
"The 24h time notation specified here has already been the de-facto
standard all over the world in written language for decades. The only
exception(s) are a few English speaking countries, where still
notations with hours between 1 and 12 and additions like "a.m." and
"p.m." are in wide use. The common 24h international standard notation
is widely used now even in England (e.g. at airports, cinemas,
bus/train timetables, etc.). Most other languages don't even have
abbreviations like "a.m." and "p.m." and the 12h notation is certainly
hardly ever used on Continental Europe to write or display a time.
Even in the U.S., the military and computer programmers have been
using the 24h notation for a long time...Please consider the 12h time
to be a relic from the dark ages when Roman numerals were used, the
number zero had not yet been invented and analog clocks were the only
known form of displaying a time. Please avoid using it today,
especially in technical applications! Even in the U.S., the widely
respected Chicago Manual of Style now recommends using the
international standard time notation in publications."
And here I found this notation COMPUTER TELEPHONY.COM
http://www.internationalservices.com/telephony/CompTelMag.html
“Over 40 languages use time concepts different from English. Many,
including Japanese, Chinese and Korean, place "AM/PM" before the hour:
" PM 8:00 ". Other countries use the 24 hour clock. Still others use
"20 to 8" instead of "7:40". And lastly, many countries with "AM/PM"
use 5 distinct versions: "in the early morning", "in the morning", "in
the afternoon", "in the evening" and "in the late night".
This comes from the site LYSATOR ACADEMIC COMPUTER SOCIETY
http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/rat/d4.html
“Time formats are also quite diverse:
3:30 PM - Customary U.S. and British format
1530 - U.S. military format
15h.30 - Italian usage
15.30 - German usage
15:30 - Common European usage”
Does this work? Am I on the right track here.?
Best regards;
Tutuzdad-ga
INFORMATION SOURCES
SUN PRODUCT DOCUMENTATION
http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/806-6642/6jfipqu4f?a=view
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD DATE TIME NOTATION
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html
COMPUTER TELEPHONY.COM
http://www.internationalservices.com/telephony/CompTelMag.html
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