[OASIS Issue Tracker] Commented: (OFFICE-3492) Undefined units forConvert Function

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David Wheeler  commented on OFFICE-3492:
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A light-year is exactly:
(299 792 458 m/s) (3600 s/hr) (24 hr/day) (365.25 day/year)

1 bushel = 2150.42 cubic inches exactly.
SOURCE:
"Appendix C of NIST Handbook 44, Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices"
http://ts.nist.gov/WeightsAndMeasures/Publications/appxc.cfm
[Bushel is often used for weight, too, but we're only using them for volume.]

The NIST document has some other traditional measurement notes.

Hope that helps.

OTHER NOTES:

CIA notes that 1 U.S. bushel = 32 dry quarts.
(https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/appendix/appendix-g.html).

The term "pc" (parsec) overrides "pico-calorie".  That's not a problem in any way, it's just a ramification of the rules and I thought I'd point that out.


> Undefined units for Convert Function
> ------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: OFFICE-3492
>                 URL: http://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/browse/OFFICE-3492
>             Project: OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Needs Discussion, OpenFormula
>    Affects Versions: ODF 1.2 CD 05
>            Reporter: Eric Patterson
>            Assignee: Eike Rathke
>            Priority: Critical
>             Fix For: ODF 1.2 CD 06
>
>
> There are still a number of units that are undefined and cannot be implemented as described.  These should all be defined with numbers.
> "ly" *	Light-year, the distance light travels, in a vacuum, in a Julian year of 365.25 days
> "parsec" or "pc" *	Distance from sun to a point having heliocentric parallax of one second (used for stellar distance)*
> "PS"	Pferdestärke (German "horse strength", close but not identical to "HP")
> "bushel"	U.S. bushel (not Imperial bushel), interpreted as volume
> "uk_gal"	U.K. / Imperial gallon
> "uk_qt"	U.K. / Imperial quart
> Also, for "pond", there is a need to specify what to use for acceleration due to gravity
> "pond" *	Pond, gravitational force on a mass of one gram

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