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Subject: Re: [office] YEARFRAC, etc.
- From: robert_weir@us.ibm.com
- To: Patrick Durusau <patrick@durusau.net>
- Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:51:00 -0400
> Well, inartfully worded, I suspect: "All months have 30 days."
covers
> all the cases. Yes? Looks like someone got tied up in how many days
each
> month has. Really irrelevant if you want to say that all months have
30
> days. Just say that, full stop. How an application treats a particular
> date is determined by that rule, every month has 30 days. What more
need
> be said?
>
The provided definition is not inartful. There
is no JTC1 requirement for artful definitions. What we have here
is simply broken, useless, non-functional, unimplementable and yet another
indictment of a review process in JTC1 that failed to accomplish even a
basic level of quality. Far from getting "tied up in how days
each month has", the sole purpose of date counting conventions is
to establish these very conventions in a clear and unambiguous manner.
This is hard to do if you don't come to grips with how many days
are in a month. If this is not done, then you do not have a standard.
Noting that the entire formula subcommittee has stated
that these definitions are technically inadequate (and they are the ones
who would know) I'd be pleased if our ODF 1.2 Editor would simply acknowledge
that these OOXML definitions are broken and assure us that he will do his
best to ensure that ODF 1.2 does not have similar lapses. I in turn
will strive to do the same.
-Rob
- References:
- YEARFRAC, etc.
- From: robert_weir@us.ibm.com
- Re: [office] YEARFRAC, etc.
- From: "David A. Wheeler" <dwheeler@dwheeler.com>
- Re: [office] YEARFRAC, etc.
- From: Patrick Durusau <patrick@durusau.net>
- Re: [office] YEARFRAC, etc.
- From: "Andreas J. Guelzow" <aguelzow@math.concordia.ab.ca>
- Re: [office] YEARFRAC, etc.
- From: Patrick Durusau <patrick@durusau.net>
- Re: [office] YEARFRAC, etc.
- From: "Andreas J. Guelzow" <aguelzow@math.concordia.ab.ca>
- Re: [office] YEARFRAC, etc.
- From: Patrick Durusau <patrick@durusau.net>
- Re: [office] YEARFRAC, etc.
- From: robert_weir@us.ibm.com
- Re: [office] YEARFRAC, etc.
- From: Patrick Durusau <patrick@durusau.net>
- Re: [office] YEARFRAC, etc.
- From: robert_weir@us.ibm.com
- Re: [office] YEARFRAC, etc.
- From: Patrick Durusau <patrick@durusau.net>
- Re: [office] YEARFRAC, etc.
- From: robert_weir@us.ibm.com
- Re: [office] YEARFRAC, etc.
- From: Patrick Durusau <patrick@durusau.net>
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