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> 1952-01-01:01:02:03 as a datetime, to signal "uncertainty" I instantly thought that least significant fields are used to indicate uncertainty range (10 days
by ogurechny 5y ago
> 1952-01-01:01:02:03 as a datetime, to signal "uncertainty"
I instantly thought that least significant fields are used to indicate uncertainty range (10 days around 1952-01-01, or 10 years around 1952?). After all, the older the photo, the less sure we can be about its timestamp (usually), so we can use even/odd seconds as a flag to indicate exact time or uncertain period length (log scale). It would be quite an evil hack of a common fixed timestamp format.
- ggm 5y agoThat's very clever. I thought about using alternate daytime fields to signal the degree of uncertainty as a magnitude to the declared date Time, which then becomes the centre. Or you can use some positive/negative signals to show not before or not after.