[Xastir-Dev] Objects not plotting

[Curt Mills]

On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Curt Mills, WE7U wrote:

> Anything else is not per spec.  That's why we're throwing it out.
> Here are the four formats allowed by the spec:
>
>
> 092345z     2345 hours zulu time on 9th day of the month
>
> 092345/     2345 hours local time on 9th day of the month (not
>             recommended on the air anymore)
>
> 234517h     23 hours 45 min 17 sec zulu
>
> 10092345    23 hours 45 minutes zulu on october 9th (positionless
>             stand-alone weather stations)

The question is then, should we allow 'u' and other characters, or
should we stick to the spec and throw things out that don't
correspond?

If we allow any character in that last position we might try to
decode things that we shouldn't, assuming incorrectly that they
contain a real timestamp.

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