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The ISO spec  talks about intervals, not ranges.

 

  2000/2010 (in ISO 8601) means the interval, the period of time covering 2000 to 2010.

 

[2000-2010] in EDTF (and it is not valid in 8601) means pick a year in that range, so if you want to call it a range you can call it a range.  

 

But 8601 doesn't talk about ranges.

 

--Ray

 

From: Discussion of the Developing Date/Time Standards [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Simon Grant
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On 24 November 2010 16:45, Jakob Voss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Edward C. Zimmermann wrote:

Ranges are quite well defined in the ISO specification.

 

Could you please summarize the exact specification, so we all known what we are talking about?

 

 

My understanding was that the ISO spec represents an *interval*, NOT a *range*. Is that not true? Please let's try to be clear about the different concepts involved.

 

Thanks

 

Simon 

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