On Mon, 28 May 2001 23:56:57 -0500, Ian Cabell said:
> Hi, all,
>
> I saw in the discussions that iCal may be the basis for reference for
> the being-developed GUTD/T Modules. Could someone point to one or
> two URLs with some specs and stuff? I haven't heard of it before now.
www.reefknot.org
> And secondly, has anyone seen RDate: http://www.yak.net/rickdate/RickDate.html
>
> It only addresses dates (right now), but could it be extended or
> altered to handle time in a sensible way?
I don't know, could it? There are very real advantages to using something that
is an Internet standard, and using this system that it appears this guy just
concocted for his personal needs, although there may be technical advantages,
has the large disadvantage that it is not interoperable with other systems.
> The reason I ask is because it struck me that the example given -
> "20010506T073000+0530" - was a pretty long string to deal with.
There's a lot of data to be expressed. With RDate, you end up with a smaller
string, but you have to go to more trouble to parse it into something usable.
Seems that there are tradeoffs with any system that we choose.
Not that I'm discounting it. iCal is currently my favorite option, and I'm
partway through implementation, but I'm certainly open to other options.
--
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We too will go to sea in a Sieve -
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!"
(The Jumblies, by Edward Lear)
