[Tutor] PLEASE HELP

[Mayo Adams]

 discrete, not discreet.

On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 11:38 AM, Neil Cerutti <neilc at norwich.edu> wrote:

> On 2018-04-13, David Rock <david at graniteweb.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Apr 13, 2018, at 09:24, Neil Cerutti <neilc at norwich.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 2018-04-12, Scharrer, Brianna <bscharrer at luc.edu> wrote:
> >>> Applications of basic language syntax
> >>>
> >>> Date/time string parsing
> >>>
> >>> Time stamps on data are often recorded in the standard ISO date
> >>> and time format as shown below
> >>> 1999-02-14T21:02:37 ----> 9:02pm on February 14, 1999
> >>>
> >>> Write code that when given a datetime string and outputs a
> >>> human readable version exactly in the format specified below.
> >>
> >> I disagree that the first version isn't human readable. It is
> >> both human readable and stores the date/time in lexicographic
> >> order, which is extremly useful for both humans and machines.
> >
> > Don???t nitpick the definition of ???human readable;??? it
> > isn???t relevant to the assignment and just serves to confuse
> > the student.  Using the phrase ???human readable??? is just a
> > poor choice for describing the assignment parameters: changing
> > from one format to another (ISO -> ???standard English??? (for
> > lack of a better description of the target format).  That???s
> > the only thing that matters in this context.
>
> It is relevant to the assignment if the student hadn't noticed
> that the date was human readable. I was hoping to correct this
> possible misapprehension resulting from the poor assignment
> language.
>
> --
> Neil Cerutti
>
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