Re: NM Page info.
On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, David Brown wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 01:50:04PM -0400, Christopher C. Chimelis wrote:
> >
> > > http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=rbf@farrer.net
> >
> > I'd like to make a suggestion for the NM pages, but I'm not sure where to
> > send it.
> >
> > Would it be possible to post the dates in ISO date format YYYY-MM-DD. When
> > my brain sees 2000-xx-xx it automatically knows if the date is ISO format.
> > When I see xx-xx-2000 I then have to think a bit about it to determine if
> > the date is in US or European format. If the dates are early in the month,
> > it can be difficult to tell.
>
> Sorry if this twists your brain, but it isn't likely to be
> changed. Everyone has their own oppinion about what a date field should
> look like. Ours look like dd-mm-yyyy. Such is life ;-)
>
Everyone has opinions, yes. Some people decide to use international
standards. YYYY-MM-DD is one such international standard, SPECIFICALLY
chosen to avoid this very issue. I'd like to suggest that everyone
interested in this topic read the standard and reassess their position.
Such is life.
Dave Baker
dave@dsb3.com
p.s. refer to ISO 8601
http://www.google.com/search?q=YYYY-MM-DD+ISO+standard
one example of the spec: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html
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