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Subject: Re: date(1) 
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> On Wed, 30 Jul 1997 grog@FreeBSD.ORG wrote:
> 
> > >>>>>> [yy[mm[dd[hh]]]]mm[.ss]]
> 
> At risk of missing the obvious, why can't the above simply be
> extended to
> 
> [cc[yy[mm[dd[hh]]]]]mm[.ss]]

Yep.  As I suggested.

> ?  This format strikes me as being right since any usually, if the
> date is off by a large amount (eg. centuries), the year, month, day,
> hour, and minute will also be off.  However, the date being off by a
> minute or two, while the hour, day, month, year, and century are
> correct is not unusual.
> 
> This seems to avoid the below monstrosities.
> 
> > >> 	[[[cc]yy[mm[dd[hh]]]]mm[.ss]]
> > >>> cc[yy[mm[dd[hh]]]]]mm[.ss]]
> 
> The first is hopelessly ambigious and the 2nd is hopelessly
> annoying.

The first is just wrong, and the second is a mis-quote.  I originally 
said:

> More like:
> 
>   [[cc[yy[mm[dd[hh]]]]]mm[.ss]]
> 
> (you can't have the century without the year).


> 
> --
>  tIM...HOEk
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>               hoping that the resultant code will run faster.
> 

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