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Bug#2475: `at' uses middle-endian 2-digit-year date format



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-chiark:~> at -l
Date                    Owner   Queue   Job#
21:00:00 03/17/96       ian     c       11
21:00:00 03/18/96       ian     c       12
-chiark:~>

The dates should be formatted something like one of:
 21:00:00 17.03.1996       (European little-endian format)
 21:00:00 17 Mar 1996      (Little-endian with textual month)
 21:00:00 1996-03-17       (ISO standard big-endian)
 21:00:00 1996 Mar 17      (Big-endian with textual month)
 17 Mar 1996 21:00:00      (Little-endian with textual month, RFC822)

Note that the year should be displayed in 4 digits, and that
middle-endian dates are silly and confusing especially when displayed
numerically.

Ian.

PS: Yes, I know that some Americans write dates in middle-endian
format.  More fools they ! :-)


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