Dates again.
On Thu, Sep 14, 2000 at 04:02:22PM +0100, Chris Ball wrote:
> I'm in the queue at the moment (9-7-00), and I've expressed an interest in
Here is a prime example of an ambiguous date. Is the 9 July, or 7
September? Chris' domain is .net, which doesn't reveal anything about
location. Whois reports a location in England, so that probably indicates
9 July. Also, there wouldn't be much of a complaint if the date was only a
week ago.
Certainly, we shouldn't fault individuals for using their own local date
formats. But web pages and such that are accessed internationally
shouldn't be represented in an ambiguous format. Remember, the format I'm
suggesting is just as foreign to my culture (USA) as is probably is in
others. Its feature is that it isn't ambiguous.
Also acceptable would be 9 Jul 2000, like the main web page uses.
Dave Brown
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