feed_info.txt date format specification

[pelletie...@gmail.com]

I noticed something stranfe in the GTF Specs page. Under feed_info.txt the date format for fields "feed_start_date" and "feed_end_date" is:

Both days are given as dates in YYYYDDMM format as for calendar.txt

The wording (perhaps not 100% English) seems to indicate that dates are to be in the same format as calendar.txt. However, the description in calendar.txt is:

The start_date field's value should be in YYYYMMDD format.

The end_date field's value should be in YYYYMMDD format.

So, which is it? YYYYMMDD or YYYYDDMM?

Thanks. 

[Brian Ferris]

Huh... that's a good catch.  I think it's supposed to be YYYYMMDD, just like in calendar.txt.  That's how I've always parsed it.  I'll see if we can get that fixed.

Brian

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[Martin Pelletier]

Thank you. I look forward to it.

[Brian Ferris]

Ok, this has been fixed in the spec.  Thanks for the heads up!

https://developers.google.com/transit/gtfs/reference#feed_info_fields

On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 5:52 PM, Martin Pelletier <pelletie...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thank you. I look forward to it.