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From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
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Subject: 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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