http://www.wiki.mohid.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Timestamp_ISO_conventionsTimestamp ISO conventions - Revision history2026-04-04T21:09:52ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.28.0http://www.wiki.mohid.com/index.php?title=Timestamp_ISO_conventions&diff=908&oldid=prevGuillaume: 1 revision2008-12-03T10:39:07Z<p>1 revision</p>
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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>A Timestamp convention could be ''13th August 2006'' or ''13/08/2006'', or yet ''08/13/2006'' followed by the hours: ''13:30.5'' or ''13:30:30'' or ''13h03m30s'' etc...<br />
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==Recommended Timestamp Convention==<br />
For example if one would choose the ''13-08-2006'' convention then here's a date set's chronological sorting:<br />
*13-08-2006<br />
*11-09-2006<br />
*12-10-2006<br />
And here's the same set's alphabetical sorting (this is the default sorting when prompting for a directory listing):<br />
*11-09-2006<br />
*12-10-2006<br />
*13-08-2006<br />
The alphabetical and chronological sorting don't match! This is a nuisance, especially when dealing with timestamped files (ex: ''11-09-2006_myfile.dat''). Thus, the best suited Timestamp Convention in computerized systems is one that matches alphabetical sorting with chronological sorting. The simplest one is the ''20060813'' convention. Here's the same set's alphabetical sorting:<br />
*20060811<br />
*20060812<br />
*20060813<br />
and here's the chronological sorting:<br />
*20060811<br />
*20060812<br />
*20060813<br />
They're the same! Thus, throughout this wiki, editors are encouraged to use the ''20060813'' timestamp convention.</div>192.168.20.111