Chronology

Representation of dates and times — by Arthur Dent — last modified Mar 14, 2008 09:46 PM

We use internet profile RFC3339 extended format yyyy-mm-dd for dates and basic format Thhmm or extended format Thh:mm:ss for 24 hour clock local time in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (as adjusted locally for daylight savings). Truncated from the right when only the century, year, month, hour or minute is relevant. Chronology time points are the concatenation of date and time. Time intervals are URLs start time point/stop time point. See latest standard ISO 8601:2004 (E) not earlier Australian Standard AS 3802:1997. Overlapping interval order for Chronology time intervals is lexically ordered with start sorting before stop.

Time immemorial — by Arthur Dent — last modified Mar 14, 2008 10:16 PM

In English law, time immemorial means "a time before legal history, and beyond legal memory." In 1276, this time was fixed by statute as the 3rd September 1189, the date of the coronation of King Richard I (Richard the Lionheart). Proof of unbroken possession or use of any right since that date made it unnecessary to establish the original grant. In 1832, the plan of dating legal memory from a fixed time was abandoned; instead, it was held that rights which had been enjoyed for twenty years (or as against the Crown thirty years) should not be impeached merely by proving that they had not been enjoyed before.

Thirteenth Century — by Arthur Dent — last modified Mar 14, 2008 10:07 PM

First statute of Westminster

Seventeenth Century — by Arthur Dent — last modified Mar 14, 2008 10:02 PM

The original Commonwealth

Nineteenth Century — by Arthur Dent — last modified Mar 14, 2008 10:00 PM

The Great Charter

Twentieth Century — by Arthur Dent — last modified Mar 14, 2008 10:20 PM

The Commonwealth of Australia

Twentyfirst Century — by Arthur Dent — last modified Mar 14, 2008 10:24 PM

Present Millenium