Hi,
With respect, I do not think that the use of the word "around" is "deceiving". My background is IT, and when you look at log files from certain software applications the timestamps will be accurate to hundredths or thousandths of seconds.
Therefore, it is not unreasonable to assume that the log files from the DFDR are recording in hundredths or thousandths of seconds intervals, which would mean that for ease the time would be rounded up to the nearest second hence the use of the word "around".
Or maybe it's just been lost in translation from French to English...
I disagree this to justify the use of word "around" by the BEA
Read again the BEA note please.
For all the other timings BEA use **H**Min**Sec
Why use the word around for another important timing ?
Something lost in the translation ? .. that's possible .. but not acceptable from a organization like the BEA ....
They are not writing romances .. they are writing reports and notes that can have in the futur .. consequences on the life of many people...