Re: [NTG-context] \date format according to ISO 8601

2011-02-01 Thread Stefan Müller
Hi, I wouldn't like the idea of displaying \date in ISO 8601 format. I'd rather prefer the human-readable version. The ISO 8601 is a standard for exchange of date and time-related data [1], not for text documents made for humans to read. How to get what you want is explained here [2], I

Re: [NTG-context] \date format according to ISO 8601

2011-02-01 Thread Marco
On 2011-02-01 Stefan Müller warrence@gmx.de wrote: Hi, I wouldn't like the idea of displaying \date in ISO 8601 format. I'd rather prefer the human-readable version. The ISO 8601 is a standard for exchange of date and time-related data [1], not for text documents made for humans to

Re: [NTG-context] \date format according to ISO 8601

2011-02-01 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 00:03, Marco wrote: In case Hans does not like this idea, is it possible to change it to make ISO 8601 the default. Something like \setupdate [format={year, –, mm, –, day}] Your question wasn't clear at first. Is this what you want?

Re: [NTG-context] \date format according to ISO 8601

2011-02-01 Thread Marco
On 2011-02-01 Mojca Miklavec mojca.miklavec.li...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 00:03, Marco wrote: In case Hans does not like this idea, is it possible to change it to make ISO 8601 the default. Something like \setupdate [format={year, –, mm, –, day}] Your question wasn't

Re: [NTG-context] \date format according to ISO 8601

2011-02-01 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 18:38, Marco wrote: On 2011-02-01 Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 00:03, Marco wrote: In case Hans does not like this idea, is it possible to change it to make ISO 8601 the default. Something like \setupdate [format={year, –, mm, –, day}] Your

Re: [NTG-context] \date format according to ISO 8601

2011-02-01 Thread Marco
On 2011-02-01 Mojca Miklavec mojca.miklavec.li...@gmail.com wrote: Your question wasn't clear at first. Is this what you want? \setuplanguage[en][date={year,–,mm,–,dd}] Brilliant, that's exactly what I want. I didn't expect the date »hidden« in the language settings, I looked for

[NTG-context] \date format according to ISO 8601

2011-01-31 Thread Marco
Hi, in my opinion it makes sense to display the date in ISO 8601 format. now: \date results in: January 31, 2011 ISO 8601: \date would result in: 2011–01–31 In case Hans does not like this idea, is it possible to change it to make ISO 8601 the default. Something like \setupdate