cmclaren

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by cmclaren 4y ago
I spent some time in SE Asia. Plastic consumption is rampant there, with styrofoam trays, plastic wrap, and plastic bags used for most items in stores. Street food vendors put their food in plastic. Straws and hard plastic cups are commonpl
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by cmclaren 5y ago
The latest standard (2019) is divided into two parts: ISO 8601-1 and ISO 8601-2. Part 2 is titled "Extensions" and includes many different - but optional - ways to extend representations of dates and times. In my opinion, Part 2 r
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by cmclaren 5y ago
There is a list of "Sub-year groupings" which assign two-digit numbers to seasons (hemisphere independent), seasons (Northern Hemisphere), seasons (Southern Hemisphere), quarters, quadrimesters (four-month periods), and semestrals
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by cmclaren 5y ago
By default, ISO 8601-1:2019 does not permit negative years in date representations. Expanded representation (i.e. five digits or more for the year) permits both positive and negative years (and the sign is mandatory for both positive and ne
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by cmclaren 5y ago
ISO 8601-2:2019 defines quarters in section 4.8, "Sub-year groupings". Your example of "2021-Q1" can be represented as "2021-33".
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by cmclaren 5y ago
Your example is valid in ISO 8601-1:2019. There are only two possible representations for which "T" is required: hh or hhmm in 'basic' format (i.e. no ":" separator). The former could be confused with a two-dig
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by cmclaren 5y ago
The spec permits more than 4 digits for 'year' by mutual agreement. This is called 'expanded representation'. There is no limit to the number of digits, but parties need to agree on how many additional digits will be use
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by cmclaren 6y ago
I encountered this problem a number of times. I believe, in my case at least, that I noticed a pattern. I believe that facebook's activity log filters posts related to disabled accounts. I think that when someone decides to re-enable t