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.

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