Q
Quiet Voice
Greetings,
I'm curious to know if anyone can explain the purpose and/or benifits
of the military date-time group format.
As I understand it, the format is as follows
ddhhmmss[TZ][Mon]YY
Where
dd - numeric date
hh, mm, ss - numeric hours, min sec (24hr format)
[TZ] - one letter timezone designator
[Mon] - month (3 letter abbreviation)
YY -- two digit year
My question is WHY???
I can see how the standard military date format (dd [mon] yy) both
conforms to the international standard fo day-before-month (unlike in
the USA) and using a 3-letter abbrev for month also helps further
alleviate ambiguity.
I can see how using an ISO 8601 date format has advantages (such as
having files automatically organized in chronological in a computer
directory).
But I see NO advantages to the military DTG format.
Can anyone shed any light on the subject?
Thanks!
I'm curious to know if anyone can explain the purpose and/or benifits
of the military date-time group format.
As I understand it, the format is as follows
ddhhmmss[TZ][Mon]YY
Where
dd - numeric date
hh, mm, ss - numeric hours, min sec (24hr format)
[TZ] - one letter timezone designator
[Mon] - month (3 letter abbreviation)
YY -- two digit year
My question is WHY???
I can see how the standard military date format (dd [mon] yy) both
conforms to the international standard fo day-before-month (unlike in
the USA) and using a 3-letter abbrev for month also helps further
alleviate ambiguity.
I can see how using an ISO 8601 date format has advantages (such as
having files automatically organized in chronological in a computer
directory).
But I see NO advantages to the military DTG format.
Can anyone shed any light on the subject?
Thanks!