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Re: getday() doesn't agree with system clock

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Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:

> Swifty wrote:
>> it matches the system clock to within 300mS at the very least (judged by
> 
> The prefixed time unit "millisecond" is written `ms' in the Système
> international d’unités (SI), _not_ `mS'.  There should be a (if possible,
> thin, non-breaking) space between number and unit: `300 ms'.
> 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Units>

I have confused the use of the U+2009 THIN SPACE character.  It is _not_ to 
be written between number and unit, but "for numbers with many digits the 
digits may be divided into groups of three by a thin space, in order to 
facilitate reading.  Neither dots nor commas are inserted in the spaces 
between groups of three." [1]

However, it appears to be prudent to use the U+00A0 NO-BREAK SPACE character 
to separate the number and its unit, if possible.  (The U+202F NARROW NO-
BREAK SPACE character is too narrow to show the multiplication that the 
U+0020 SPACE character is supposed to convey there.)

 
PointedEars
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[1] The International System of Units (SI) (8 ed.). International Bureau of
    Weights and Measures (BIPM). 2006. pp. 134–135.  Available at
    <http://www.bipm.org/utils/common/pdf/si_brochure_8_en.pdf> [online]. 
    Retrieved on 2011-11-21.
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getday() doesn't agree with system clock Swifty <steve.j.swift@gmail.com> - 2011-11-21 06:19 +0000
  Re: getday() doesn't agree with system clock Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2011-11-21 08:49 +0000
    Re: getday() doesn't agree with system clock Swifty <steve.j.swift@gmail.com> - 2011-11-21 13:19 +0000
  Re: getday() doesn't agree with system clock Elegie <elegie@anonymous.invalid> - 2011-11-21 09:53 +0100
    Re: getday() doesn't agree with system clock Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2011-11-21 05:25 -0800
      Re: getday() doesn't agree with system clock Elegie <elegie@anonymous.invalid> - 2011-11-21 19:45 +0100
  Re: getday() doesn't agree with system clock Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-11-21 10:20 +0100
    Re: getday() doesn't agree with system clock Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-11-21 11:11 +0100
  Re: getday() doesn't agree with system clock SAM <stephanemoriaux.NoAdmin@wanadoo.fr.invalid> - 2011-11-21 10:43 +0100
  Re: getday() doesn't agree with system clock Dr J R Stockton <reply1147@merlyn.demon.co.uk> - 2011-11-22 20:05 +0000
    Re: getday() doesn't agree with system clock Swifty <steve.j.swift@gmail.com> - 2011-11-23 05:24 +0000
      Re: getday() doesn't agree with system clock Zlatko Đurić <zladuric@gmail.com> - 2011-11-23 22:30 +0100
        Re: getday() doesn't agree with system clock Swifty <steve.j.swift@gmail.com> - 2011-11-24 06:15 +0000

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