GE> 4         04H          |        Year         |  2
 GE> -----------------------
 GE> 6         06H          |       Month         |  2
 GE> -----------------------
 GE> 8         08H          |        Day          |  2
 GE> -----------------------
 GE> 10        0AH          |        Hour         |  2
 GE> -----------------------
 GE> 12        0CH          |       Minute        |  2
 GE> -----------------------
 GE> 14        0EH          |       Second        |  2

 JH> IMHO this looks awful. Why can't this be done by simply using a 
 JH> single integer UNIX style timestamp? 

Naturally it could have been done that way. Or in one of a number of other ways.

Now, since the purpose of my work is to create an updated documentation of
PKT type 2, which already has existed for many years, there's no
alternative to describing it as it is.


At least I would love to get rid of the unnatural representation of the month.

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