ISO8601 Strictly speaking, YYYYMMDD is the basic, or standard format. YYYY-MM-DD is the extended format:
http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~nsaa/8601v2000.pdf (just putting out documentation for the masses :-) Heh...why can't the world use the metric system? (and this is coming from an American :-) David L. Penton, Microsoft MVP JCPenney Application Specialist / Lead "Mathematics is music for the mind, and Music is Mathematics for the Soul. - J.S. Bach" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do you have the VBScript Docs or SQL BOL installed? If not, why not? VBScript Docs: http://www.davidpenton.com/vbscript SQL BOL: http://www.davidpenton.com/sqlbol -----Original Message----- From: Schober Wolfgang - OS ZDEM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] why not stick to ISO format: yyyy-mm-dd Wolfgang -----Original Message----- From: Bostrup, Tore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] I'd be all for a worldwide standard date format - but I'd much prefer a yyyy.mm.dd format (less chance for confusing with old formats where the order of day and month is ambiguous, it would sort correctly even as a string, and couldn't be mistaken for a numeric expression). Who do we talk to about this... :-> Tore. -----Original Message----- From: Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] You're probably better off finding/developing a custom date formatting routine for two reasons. 1. You never have to worry about the server settings. 2. If you disable session state you won't be able to rely on using Session.LCID Why can't we all just settle on dd-mm-yyyy? ;) hth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Broomfield [NEOCOM]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Hi, : : Has anyone got the same problem as me when trying to force the LCID to NZ : (5129) that dates still come out in US format? I can set the LCID to British : English (2057) and date look fine. : : I'm developing on XP Pro : : Any ideas : Thanks : Paul : : Paul Broomfield : NEOCOM Ltd : 50 Dalton Street : Napier : New Zealand : : Tel +64 06 8355534 : WebSite http://www.neocom.co.nz --- You are currently subscribed to activeserverpages as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
