Archive for March, 2009
Once upon a time
Human beings have probably been recording dates since we began writing, about five thousand years ago. It was not until 1582 that Pope Gregory XIII proposed (actually, decreed) a standard calendar. Global adoption took a few centuries but even now we still write dates differently around the world. We humans can usually infer, from culture […]
Posted: March 27th, 2009 under Standards.
Tags: big-endian, gregorian, iso8061
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