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

[CD Rasmussen <cdr@sme.siemens.com>]

For what its worth, I would prefer this:

    21:00:00 1996-03-17       (ISO standard big-endian)

It also used by RCS and is easily sortable.

Costa

   Subject: Bug#2475: `at' uses middle-endian 2-digit-year date format
   Date: Wed, 6 Mar 96 21:41 GMT
   From: Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>
   To: Debian bugs submission address <debian-bugs@Pixar.com>

   Package: at
   Version:

   -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 ! :-)