Bug#111268: Svenska språknämnden is a preferrable authority for Swedish as a language
Keld Jørn Simonsen writes:
> I think SIS - Sewdish Institute for Standardisation is also a preferable
> source for Swedish Language, and especially when it comes to computers.
You know what they say about standards: The nice thing about standards
is that there are so many of them to choose from. :-) Andrew
S. Tanenbaum I believe.
When I wrote "preferable" I meant Svenska språknämnden should be
preferred over other authorities when in conflict. In this sense,
they can't both be preferable.
Is there a SIS standard for dates too, or are you referring to the ITS
standard mentioned previously? What is the number?
> I do not find 12:34 very technical, it is very common everywhere.
In the end I assume you can't get away from an element of taste. And
we probably have different tastes in this case.
But I don't find it common at all. Any newspaper, timetable, sign
with opening hours, program tableaus on TV etc. appears to use the
format with ".". At least wherever I look. Do you have any counter
examples? I'm not saying it doesn't exist, I'm sure it does
somewhere. But I don't find it common.
> SIS has made a recommendation to use either 12:34:56 or 12.34.56
> as the time format, and mentions 12:34:56 first. This is a description
> made especially for locales, and it would then take precedence over what
> Svenska Språknämden prescribes.
Since SIS recommends either, and Svenska språknänden recommends 12.34
(and actually discourages 12:34), we could follow both by keeping it
as it is (i.e. 12.34). Following both standards is better than
following just one, isn't it? :-)
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