From s.v.h.haugan at astro.uio.no  Fri Sep  8 08:39:11 2017
From: s.v.h.haugan at astro.uio.no (Stein Vidar Hagfors Haugan)
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2017 14:39:11 +0200
Subject: [fitsbits] Suggested addition to FITS Standard 4.0 - DATE-BEG &
 DATE-END for binary table columns (DBEG/DEND)
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Dear all,

In Table 22 page 31 in the current FITS Standard 4.0 Draft 1, there are binary table extension equivalents for DATE-OBS (DOBSn) and DATE-AVG (DAVGn), but no equivalents listed for DATE-BEG nor DATE-END. Since DATE-BEG is now recommended instead of DATE-OBS, it would be desireable to have a binary table equivalents for this (and also for DATE-END, of course).

Following the clear pattern for DATE-OBS and DATE-AVG, I propose DBEGn and DENDn as binary table equivalents of DATE-BEG and DATE-END, respectively.

Sincerely,
Stein Haugan