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Re: pytz question: GMT vs. UTC

From Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: pytz question: GMT vs. UTC
Date 2014-02-02 16:03 +0000
Organization PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
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On 2014-02-02, Pete Forman <petef4+usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
> Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> writes:
>
>> On 2014-01-30, wxjmfauth@gmail.com <wxjmfauth@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The temperature unit is the "Kelvin", not the "Degree Kelvin".
>>> One writes: 0 K, 275.15 K
>>
>> And remember to say "Kelvins" not "Kelvin" when speaking about
>> temperatures other than 1 K.
>
> And remember to write kelvins. SI units named after people such as
> kelvin, watt and pascal are lower case while their symbols have a
> leading capital: K, W, Pa.

Indeed. Many years ago, I was taught to capitalize units that were
originally proper nouns.  I'm pretty sure this isn't the first time
I've learned that is incorrect, but my fingers keep insisting on doing
it.  Interestingly, one does capitalizes Celsius when writing "degrees
Celsius" [at least according to the NIST].

http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP811/sec09.html

-- 
Grant

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pytz question: GMT vs. UTC Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2014-01-29 11:29 -0600
  Re: pytz question: GMT vs. UTC Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-01-29 19:02 +0000
    Re: pytz question: GMT vs. UTC Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-01-29 19:17 -0500
    Re: pytz question: GMT vs. UTC Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-01-30 11:28 +1100
    Re: pytz question: GMT vs. UTC Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-01-29 20:50 -0500
    Re: pytz question: GMT vs. UTC MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2014-01-30 02:40 +0000
    Re: pytz question: GMT vs. UTC Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-01-30 14:27 +1100
      Re: pytz question: GMT vs. UTC wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-01-30 00:45 -0800
        Re: pytz question: GMT vs. UTC MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2014-01-30 11:51 +0000
        Re: pytz question: GMT vs. UTC Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-01-30 15:21 +0000
          Re: pytz question: GMT vs. UTC Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> - 2014-01-31 04:08 +0000
            Re: pytz question: GMT vs. UTC Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-01-31 04:37 +0000
              Re: pytz question: GMT vs. UTC Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> - 2014-01-31 06:28 +0000
                Re: pytz question: GMT vs. UTC Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-01-31 17:42 +1100
                Re: pytz question: GMT vs. UTC Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> - 2014-02-01 06:30 +0000
              Re: pytz question: GMT vs. UTC Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-01-31 10:00 -0500
            Re: pytz question: GMT vs. UTC Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-01-31 09:59 +0000
          Re: pytz question: GMT vs. UTC Pete Forman <petef4+usenet@gmail.com> - 2014-02-02 12:45 +0000
            Re: pytz question: GMT vs. UTC wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-02-02 06:38 -0800
            Re: pytz question: GMT vs. UTC Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-02-02 16:03 +0000
        Re: pytz question: GMT vs. UTC Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-01-30 23:02 -0800
          Re: pytz question: GMT vs. UTC wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-01-31 02:17 -0800
            Re: pytz question: GMT vs. UTC Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-01-31 14:50 +0000
              Re: pytz question: GMT vs. UTC Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-01-31 10:04 -0500
                Re: pytz question: GMT vs. UTC Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2014-01-31 15:08 +0000
    Re: pytz question: GMT vs. UTC Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2014-01-30 19:44 +1300
    Re: pytz question: GMT vs. UTC Christian Heimes <christian@python.org> - 2014-01-30 10:49 +0100
      Re: pytz question: GMT vs. UTC wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-01-30 02:10 -0800
      Re: pytz question: GMT vs. UTC Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-01-30 15:23 +0000
        Re: pytz question: GMT vs. UTC Larry Martell <larry.martell@gmail.com> - 2014-01-30 10:28 -0500
    Re: pytz question: GMT vs. UTC Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-01-30 21:10 +1100
    Re: pytz question: GMT vs. UTC Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-01-30 20:18 -0500

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