[fitsbits] Draft WCS Paper V: Time

[Steve Allen]

On Mon 2009-04-06T16:20:05 -0700, Rob Seaman hath writ:
> 6) Section 3.1.1, 3rd para, 1st bullet - the discussion of the
> Gregorian calendar may want to include a reference to the old-style/
> new-style confusion in the English speaking world.

This issue is implicit in the ordering and table examples within the
ISO 8601 standard.  It is also treated in detail by the reference to
Herschel, whose work is the 19th century equivalent of a computer
program with worked examples and caveats.

This is not much different than the requirement that the use of GMT in
FITS be translated such that it means "reckoned from midnight".

Do you believe that the correct implementation of this standard
will be impaired without an explicit reiteration of the content
of the references?

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