Subj : alternative DateTime (ref: fts-0001.016)

Subj : alternative DateTime (ref: fts-0001.016)
To : Maurice Kinal
From : Rob Swindell
Date : Sat Dec 19 2020 02:08 pm

Re: alternative DateTime (ref: fts-0001.016)
By: Maurice Kinal to Rob Swindell on Sat Dec 19 2020 08:59 pm

> Hey Rob!
>
> RS> If a new date/time format can be introduced in a
> RS> backward-compatible manner, that's how it should be done, IMHO.
>
> That is exactly what my proposal attempts to do. It works within the
> confines of an already existing string without modification of the structure
> of the well defined header.

Your proposal is not backwards compatible.

> RS> And FidoNet should use an existing standard this time, stop
> RS> making up new (badly defined) ones.
>
> It isn't badly defined.

I did not mean to imply I was referring to your proposal - I was not. I was referring to the badly defined specs published by the FTSC over the past 30+ years.