Re: Date format and ISO 8601

[Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>]

Hello Helge,

Am 13.04.2007 18:28 schrieb Helge Kreutzmann:
> Hello Sven,
> On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 06:24:16PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote:
>> Am 13.04.2007 18:07 schrieb Helge Kreutzmann:
>>> the first part of the patch I do not understand, but the second part
>>> boils down to the change
>>>
>>> 14-3-2007 => 2007-3-14
>>>
>>> correct? 
>> Not quite, it is
>>
>> 13.04.2007 => 2007-03-14
>>
>> (look at the output of "date +%x" and "ls -l", respectively).
> 
> Sorry, this does not make sense, and I have to object this change.
> Users need to be able to tell march 13th appart from march 14th. And I
> can hardly believe an ISO norm to force this behaviour.

Uuh, I mixed this up with today's date. It should have read

14.03.2007 => 2007-03-14,

of course you still can tell the date. 

Sorry,

Sven