From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marcin Borkowski Subject: Re: A proposed enhancement in entering timestamps Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 20:38:50 +0100 Message-ID: <87k2kr3bud.fsf@mbork.pl> References: <8760wlgw2t.fsf@mbork.pl> <874mc5gvnj.fsf@mbork.pl> <87fuvon48l.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> <87twk4fiob.fsf@mbork.pl> <874mc3ewp4.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> <87pourg252.fsf@mbork.pl> <8737ri1cla.fsf@mbork.pl> <87vb4cyqdp.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> <87lh573oll.fsf@mbork.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45577) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ajB5z-0001QU-UW for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 15:39:04 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ajB5w-0002Bl-OA for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 15:39:03 -0400 Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([2a01:5e00:2:52::8]:60034) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ajB5w-0002Bg-GY for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 15:39:00 -0400 In-reply-to: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Robert Horn Cc: Org-Mode mailing list , Nicolas Goaziou On 2016-03-24, at 16:30, Robert Horn wrote: >>>> On 2016-03-18, at 17:51, Marcin Borkowski wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm now reading org-read-date-analyze to be able to enable US military >>>>> format for hours (e.g., 2100 instead of 21:00). This is potentially >>>>> very useful (at least for me), since I'll be able to enter the hour with > > This would be very convenient for me, but when it comes time to document > it a more proper name is 24-hour notation. It's used by much more than > the US military. It's standard for railway schedules in most of the > world, medical records in most of the world, aviation worldwide, and > other places. Well, this seems not that obvious to me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24-hour_clock#Description . It seems that "24-hour notation" can also refer to the one with colon or full stop, so it is ambiguous. But if anyone comes up with a better name than "US military time", I'm all for it. > I work mostly in 24-hr notation and putting that colon in the right > place is mistake prone. Not only that, but it is plain old inconvenient. > R Horn Best, -- Marcin Borkowski http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science Adam Mickiewicz University