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Topic: TimeControl Tag in PGN
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Hi Miguel,
Would you add this tag to the PGN files, please?
3 days/move
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
7 days/move
[TimeControl "1/604800"]
14 days/move
[TimeControl "1/1209600"]
10 days/total
[TimeControl "864000"]
30 days/total
[TimeControl "2592000"]
60 days/total
[TimeControl "5184000"]
90 days/total
[TimeControl "7776000"]
Well, looks ugly, dont it? It is standard PGN. I down know why they dont use a more human-readable form... but it should be in seconds...
Thank you,
Beco.
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Well, I believe one can put what ever they want in the time control field. And "3 days/move" looks far better than listing the control in seconds.
I know I would much perfer "days" in that field. 
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Hi mustang,
I am afraid it is not allowed...
Look at the definition
9.6.1: Tag: TimeControl
at the site
http://www.tim-mann.org/Standard
The main problem is that this kind of file is used in large data-bases and are automatically parsed by computer softwares, so you cannot just change the syntax it uses, even to made it more human-readable.
But, looking by the good side, when you open this file with a chess-program (and not with your text-editor), the chess-program itself will change this worse form to a better looking form.
Cheers,
Beco.
PS.: BTW, here is a far better site to view the PGN rules:
http://www.saremba.de/chessgml/standards/pgn/pgn-complete.htm
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Well, if it changes it in my database to something more human readable then I don't care - just as I don't care about the code behind this web page I'm typing my text response into!
Miguel does a good job, and I'm sure those who created the PGN rules had good reason to do what they did. I suppose it had something to do with universality. I'll pass on messing with codes and PGN rules - I have enough to do just trying to play a decent game of chess! 
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