Talk:1340: Unique Date - Revision history

172.70.211.36: Historical fact added to discussion.

2022-05-26T20:40:59Z

Historical fact added to discussion.

172.69.63.62 at 02:08, 22 October 2020

2020-10-22T02:08:02Z

162.158.158.199: Moved my comment to the right place

2019-07-17T14:59:15Z

Moved my comment to the right place

162.158.158.199 at 14:58, 17 July 2019

2019-07-17T14:58:06Z

Hawthorn at 13:24, 18 March 2019

2019-03-18T13:24:59Z

162.158.63.160: Mario Day is a thing

2018-03-11T20:59:32Z

Mario Day is a thing

172.69.70.251: Quick note of thanks.

2017-12-26T06:27:43Z

Quick note of thanks.

Jacky720 at 09:56, 14 March 2017

2017-03-14T09:56:29Z

188.114.106.41 at 21:22, 20 May 2015

2015-05-20T21:22:53Z

108.162.219.125: local information

2015-02-27T04:38:04Z

local information

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	The Long Now people would have done better to make 2014 12014 (instead of 02014). That way the last 10000 years BCE would become postive numbers as the first 10000 years of the Long Now. This would include all of recorded history as well as, probably, prehistory back to before all of the earliest cities and towns. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.63.62\|172.69.63.62]] 02:08, 22 October 2020 (UTC)		The Long Now people would have done better to make 2014 12014 (instead of 02014). That way the last 10000 years BCE would become postive numbers as the first 10000 years of the Long Now. This would include all of recorded history as well as, probably, prehistory back to before all of the earliest cities and towns. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.63.62\|172.69.63.62]] 02:08, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
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		+	I know this is a few years late, but it probably should be noted that Before Christ (or Before Common Era for those of you that get hung up on that sort of thing), years were expressed by the establishment of rulers (Year of Rameses, Year of Xerxes, etc.), so in old times you actually did have repeating years.

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	- I just had to add a 'bravo' for whomever appended the [citation needed] to the "Since time only moves forward" part of the explanation. It makes me happy. Thank you, stranger. - DavidM. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.70.251\|172.69.70.251]] 06:27, 26 December 2017 (UTC)		- I just had to add a 'bravo' for whomever appended the [citation needed] to the "Since time only moves forward" part of the explanation. It makes me happy. Thank you, stranger. - DavidM. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.70.251\|172.69.70.251]] 06:27, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
	::As someone who just nearly choked on his lunchtime sandwich, I second this. [[User:Hawthorn\|Hawthorn]] ([[User talk:Hawthorn\|talk]]) 13:24, 18 March 2019 (UTC)		::As someone who just nearly choked on his lunchtime sandwich, I second this. [[User:Hawthorn\|Hawthorn]] ([[User talk:Hawthorn\|talk]]) 13:24, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
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		+	The Long Now people would have done better to make 2014 12014 (instead of 02014). That way the last 10000 years BCE would become postive numbers as the first 10000 years of the Long Now. This would include all of recorded history as well as, probably, prehistory back to before all of the earliest cities and towns. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.63.62\|172.69.63.62]] 02:08, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

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 Does nobody realize that March 10th is Mario Day? When you abbreviate march it looks like Mario (MAR10). So, there in fact, is something special about this day. :) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.63.160|162.158.63.160]] 20:59, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
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 - I just had to add a 'bravo' for whomever appended the [citation needed] to the "Since time only moves forward" part of the explanation. It makes me happy. Thank you, stranger. - DavidM. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.70.251|172.69.70.251]] 06:27, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
 ::As someone who just nearly choked on his lunchtime sandwich, I second this. [[User:Hawthorn|Hawthorn]] ([[User talk:Hawthorn|talk]]) 13:24, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

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	- I just had to add a 'bravo' for whomever appended the [citation needed] to the "Since time only moves forward" part of the explanation. It makes me happy. Thank you, stranger. - DavidM. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.70.251\|172.69.70.251]] 06:27, 26 December 2017 (UTC)		- I just had to add a 'bravo' for whomever appended the [citation needed] to the "Since time only moves forward" part of the explanation. It makes me happy. Thank you, stranger. - DavidM. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.70.251\|172.69.70.251]] 06:27, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
	::As someone who just nearly choked on his lunchtime sandwich, I second this. [[User:Hawthorn\|Hawthorn]] ([[User talk:Hawthorn\|talk]]) 13:24, 18 March 2019 (UTC)		::As someone who just nearly choked on his lunchtime sandwich, I second this. [[User:Hawthorn\|Hawthorn]] ([[User talk:Hawthorn\|talk]]) 13:24, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
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		+	10th March is an important day though; it's my birthday! - JamesD. 109.224.249.226, 15:58, 17 July 2019 (UTC)

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	- I just had to add a 'bravo' for whomever appended the [citation needed] to the "Since time only moves forward" part of the explanation. It makes me happy. Thank you, stranger. - DavidM. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.70.251\|172.69.70.251]] 06:27, 26 December 2017 (UTC)		- I just had to add a 'bravo' for whomever appended the [citation needed] to the "Since time only moves forward" part of the explanation. It makes me happy. Thank you, stranger. - DavidM. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.70.251\|172.69.70.251]] 06:27, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
		+	::As someone who just nearly choked on his lunchtime sandwich, I second this. [[User:Hawthorn\|Hawthorn]] ([[User talk:Hawthorn\|talk]]) 13:24, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

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		+	Does nobody realize that March 10th is Mario Day? When you abbreviate march it looks like Mario (MAR10). So, there in fact, is something special about this day. :) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.63.160\|162.158.63.160]] 20:59, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
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	What about Daylight Saving Time adjustments and leap seconds? Don't they bring duplicates of the same time or is there a way to account for that in the current system? --[[User:Muskar\|Muskar]] ([[User talk:Muskar\|talk]]) 10:06, 28 March 2014 (UTC)		What about Daylight Saving Time adjustments and leap seconds? Don't they bring duplicates of the same time or is there a way to account for that in the current system? --[[User:Muskar\|Muskar]] ([[User talk:Muskar\|talk]]) 10:06, 28 March 2014 (UTC)

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	We should be doing universal coding for the year. All dates start with a 1, followed by the number of zeroes equal to the number of digits in the number of digits in the date. Take 2015, it has 4 digits, 4 has 1 digit, so it starts with "10" then append the number of digits in the date, "4" and finally the date "2015" to get "1042015". In 8000 years this would be "10510015" in 1e10 years it would be "100101000002015". A computer drops the one, checks the number of leading zeroes, reads in that many digits, then reads in that result in digits to read in the year. With the leading 1 it can still be stored as a binary number rather than a string, and needs no starting or ending indicators, and will expand indefinately to store any date ever to exist. --[[Special:Contributions/188.114.106.41\|188.114.106.41]] 21:22, 20 May 2015 (UTC)		We should be doing universal coding for the year. All dates start with a 1, followed by the number of zeroes equal to the number of digits in the number of digits in the date. Take 2015, it has 4 digits, 4 has 1 digit, so it starts with "10" then append the number of digits in the date, "4" and finally the date "2015" to get "1042015". In 8000 years this would be "10510015" in 1e10 years it would be "100101000002015". A computer drops the one, checks the number of leading zeroes, reads in that many digits, then reads in that result in digits to read in the year. With the leading 1 it can still be stored as a binary number rather than a string, and needs no starting or ending indicators, and will expand indefinately to store any date ever to exist. --[[Special:Contributions/188.114.106.41\|188.114.106.41]] 21:22, 20 May 2015 (UTC)
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		+	- I just had to add a 'bravo' for whomever appended the [citation needed] to the "Since time only moves forward" part of the explanation. It makes me happy. Thank you, stranger. - DavidM. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.70.251\|172.69.70.251]] 06:27, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

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	:Not sure if this in regards to a now missing statement in the Wiki, but the reference in the comic is to days. DST occurs as 2AM, so the day is not repeated. However, 1 - 2 is repeated when time is turned back and 2:01 to 2:59 are ignored when moving ahead. Of course, this assumes one lives in a state that recognizes DST. 15:07, 5 October 2014 (UTC)		:Not sure if this in regards to a now missing statement in the Wiki, but the reference in the comic is to days. DST occurs as 2AM, so the day is not repeated. However, 1 - 2 is repeated when time is turned back and 2:01 to 2:59 are ignored when moving ahead. Of course, this assumes one lives in a state that recognizes DST. 15:07, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
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		+	::Exactly. [[User:Jacky720\|That's right, Jacky720 just signed this]] ([[User talk:Jacky720\|talk]] \| [[Special:Contributions/Jacky720\|contribs]]) 09:56, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

	::In Brazil, when we leave DST, we adjust our clocks from 00:00 to 23:00, so there's a chance the day is repeated. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.125\|108.162.219.125]] 04:38, 27 February 2015 (UTC)		::In Brazil, when we leave DST, we adjust our clocks from 00:00 to 23:00, so there's a chance the day is repeated. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.125\|108.162.219.125]] 04:38, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

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	::: I once toyed with the notation 0y20140310, with the "0y" prefix (a pun on C's "0x") distinguishing it from the eight-digit integer 20140310. I later decided that 0y20140310.175959 would be a good way to extend it to specify both date and time, and it still parses as a single C token if that property is useful. (And it sorts properly, of course.) [[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.68\|199.27.128.68]] 04:15, 24 March 2014 (UTC)		::: I once toyed with the notation 0y20140310, with the "0y" prefix (a pun on C's "0x") distinguishing it from the eight-digit integer 20140310. I later decided that 0y20140310.175959 would be a good way to extend it to specify both date and time, and it still parses as a single C token if that property is useful. (And it sorts properly, of course.) [[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.68\|199.27.128.68]] 04:15, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
	I am surprised nobody has mentioned the fact that we know of no civilization of human beings that has reached 10,000 years with a continuous calendar.[[User:Seebert\|Seebert]] ([[User talk:Seebert\|talk]]) 14:15, 11 June 2014 (UTC)		I am surprised nobody has mentioned the fact that we know of no civilization of human beings that has reached 10,000 years with a continuous calendar.[[User:Seebert\|Seebert]] ([[User talk:Seebert\|talk]]) 14:15, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
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		+	We should be doing universal coding for the year. All dates start with a 1, followed by the number of zeroes equal to the number of digits in the number of digits in the date. Take 2015, it has 4 digits, 4 has 1 digit, so it starts with "10" then append the number of digits in the date, "4" and finally the date "2015" to get "1042015". In 8000 years this would be "10510015" in 1e10 years it would be "100101000002015". A computer drops the one, checks the number of leading zeroes, reads in that many digits, then reads in that result in digits to read in the year. With the leading 1 it can still be stored as a binary number rather than a string, and needs no starting or ending indicators, and will expand indefinately to store any date ever to exist. --[[Special:Contributions/188.114.106.41\|188.114.106.41]] 21:22, 20 May 2015 (UTC)

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	:Not sure if this in regards to a now missing statement in the Wiki, but the reference in the comic is to days. DST occurs as 2AM, so the day is not repeated. However, 1 - 2 is repeated when time is turned back and 2:01 to 2:59 are ignored when moving ahead. Of course, this assumes one lives in a state that recognizes DST. 15:07, 5 October 2014 (UTC)		:Not sure if this in regards to a now missing statement in the Wiki, but the reference in the comic is to days. DST occurs as 2AM, so the day is not repeated. However, 1 - 2 is repeated when time is turned back and 2:01 to 2:59 are ignored when moving ahead. Of course, this assumes one lives in a state that recognizes DST. 15:07, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
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		+	::In Brazil, when we leave DST, we adjust our clocks from 00:00 to 23:00, so there's a chance the day is repeated. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.125\|108.162.219.125]] 04:38, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

	Leap second does not result in a duplicate. The additional second is allowed by increasing the number of seconds in a minute. Normally, the 60 seconds of 11:59 are numbered from 11:59:00 to 11:59:59, which is followed by 12:00:00. When there is a leap second, 11:59 has 61 seconds, numbered from 11:59:00 to 11:59:60 (61 total seconds) and then 11:59:60 is followed by 12:00:00.[[Special:Contributions/173.245.48.24\|173.245.48.24]] 18:42, 29 March 2014 (UTC)		Leap second does not result in a duplicate. The additional second is allowed by increasing the number of seconds in a minute. Normally, the 60 seconds of 11:59 are numbered from 11:59:00 to 11:59:59, which is followed by 12:00:00. When there is a leap second, 11:59 has 61 seconds, numbered from 11:59:00 to 11:59:60 (61 total seconds) and then 11:59:60 is followed by 12:00:00.[[Special:Contributions/173.245.48.24\|173.245.48.24]] 18:42, 29 March 2014 (UTC)