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2031113: Time Expressed in HHMMSS Format

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  • Subject: 2031113: Time Expressed in HHMMSS Format
  • Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 12:19:57 -0700
Ben,

> To: address@hidden
> From: Ben Howell <address@hidden>
> Subject: Time Expressed in HHMMSS Format
> Organization: SSEC
> Keywords: 200311132000.hADK0FOb014376 units

The above message contained the following:

> Can you tell me what the appropriate "units" attribute is for time 
> expressed in hours-minutes-seconds?

The numeric-value encoding format of HHMMSS is not a unit.  Numeric
values expressed in some unit form a mathematical group under addition.
This is not the case for numeric values in such encoding formats.

> Is this a time expression that does not conform to UNIDATA standards?

It's a time expression that doesn't conform to the internationally
agreed-upon definition of a unit.

> Thanks!

Regards,
Steve Emmerson