Re: [PATCH] date: Add `seconds since midnight' and `day of year (000..365)'

[Shaun Jackman]

On 7/11/06, Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
> "Shaun Jackman" <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > These formats are useful in constructing a time format which is
> > zero-based and includes a minimum number of arbitrary bases, such as
> > %Y-%J-%i.%N.
>
> %s.%N would better achieve that goal, no?  It has one base, not three.
> (Plus, it already works. :-)

I retract my suggestion for %J. Reading through ISO-8601, I see that
the standard specifies the one-based format %Y-%j.

I do think %i is useful though. For example, when drawing the hour
hand of an analog clock the correct angle is...
        360 degrees * %i / (24*60*60).

Cheers,
Shaun