Standards

[eftertanke]

People from all over the world play AssaultCube, and therefore the people that make up the community around it are diverse and unique. I think would be a good idea to encourage the use of standards.

Some examples:

1. Calendar Date
   
   [SELECT ALL] Code:

   YYYY-MM-DD
2010-12-20
2. Time of Day
   
   [SELECT ALL] Code:

   hh:mm:ss
11:15:00
3. Date and Time
   
   [SELECT ALL] Code:

   YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss
2010-12-20T11:16:00
4. UTC
   UTC is Universal Coordinated time, in layman's terms it is GMT but never uses daylight savings
   

Some AssaultCube related examples:

• Blacklist Report
  

  [SELECT ALL] Code:

  // eftertanke
// 2010-12-20T11:16:00
// eftertanke's 24/7 iCTF 123.456.789.000:28763
000.987.654.321
// Reason: Name starts with e
//       : Name ends in e

  Demo

• Demo
  
  [SELECT ALL] Code:

  2010-12-20T11:16:00.TOSOK.ac_desert.dmo
2010-12-20T11:16:00.TOSOK.ac_desert.08mr.dmo
• Client/ Server Logs
  
  [SELECT ALL] Code:

  2010-12-20T11:16:00 connecting to eftertanke's 24/7 iCTF
2010-12-20T11:16:00 attempting to connect to 123.456.789.000:28763
2010-12-20T11:16:00 connected to server
• Screenshots
  
  [SELECT ALL] Code:

  2010-12-20T11:16:00.TOSOK.ac_desert.png

Although I know it would be difficult to get users using these standards, I think it would help to remove some of the confusion around different formatting styles and timezones. So I suppose really it's a trade-off. I hope the long winded way in which I wrote this post can be ignored :)