RE: Duration: Does 1 day == 24 hours?

[Patrik Fältström <paf@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 15.26 -0600 01-03-28, Frank.Dawson@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Patrik:
>
> Good reference. This is impressive work, even if it is in support of that
> evil data schema work ;-)
>
> A quick review seemed to show that the work did not cover the WEEK component
> used in ISO8601. It only covered YEAR, MONTH, DAY and then the time
> components.

I know that Mark want comments, so please send him some.

  paf


> In addition, the work too the narrow view on timezones that it was just a
> UTC offset. We know that timezones involve more than just a scalar offset.
> There is the issue of DST behavior too.
>
> But still a good reference. I certainly bookmarked it. Thanks!
>
> -- Frank
>
> >  People should read the following document before comparing days and
> >  hours (or rather, before starting comparing two intervals):
> >
> >  http://www.macchiato.com/unicode/timeIntervals.htm