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What is the best way to tag a business' opening hours when they officially close "late"? On the door, it will show something like "5pm-late". This is very common in New Zealand, for example. The wiki entry for |
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The best we can do with the current approved syntax would be:
But what I do is ask someone, "how late are you usually open?" Sometimes there's not a satisfying answer, but you might get an answer like "usually until 10:30 or 11, but sometimes after midnight if we're busy." Then you can confidently tag as If you do this, add something like "closing time from conversation with bartender" to the source tag or changeset comment, to make it clear that this info is not from a written hours sign. |
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If the wiki doesn't cater for a real world case, it's the wiki that's wrong, not the real world. In cases such as this I'd just make sure that enough information is captured so that if in the future the "opening hours format" can cater for it, it can be adjusted. I suspect I've used "late" in opening hours in the UK (perhaps with a note expaining the circumstances in more detail). |
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The opening_hours wiki page mentions the following example: I believe this syntax should be applicable to your use case. Support by end user software may vary, of course. 2
I feel that the tag 10:00+ conveys little useful information in comparison to using 'late'.
(19 Jan '17, 12:46)
nevw
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