Add an American, +1. ISO format is best. Let's hope someday rationality will prevail and we can dump the base 2 based imperial system too.
On Thu, Jun 10, 2021, 02:37 Thomas den Hollander < [email protected]> wrote: > There are very few countries that use MM/DD/YYYY: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_format_by_country > > It's good that there is a date format that is unambiguous, not only for > the parser but also for people who don't know which format is used in the > first place. > > Op donderdag 10 juni 2021 om 03:59:56 UTC+2 schreef [email protected]: > >> On Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 4:51:48 PM UTC+7 [email protected] >> wrote: >> >>> It's *extremely* common *in the US*, where I'm going to surmise Brandon >>> is from. A commercial US accounting package that didn't know about checks >>> would be laughed out of the room. >>> >> >> Good thing beancount isn't a commercial US accounting package :-) >> >> There's no such thing as checks where I live, so I'd be a bit put out if >> beancount made them a fundamental part of the schema just because America >> has an archaic banking system ;-) >> >> > My most minor gripe, though, it is pretty jarring being in the US, is >>>> > the requirement to use ISO8601 dates. As you can see from the GnuCash >>>> > record, the US typically uses MM/DD/YYYY dates, and it's almost >>>> unheard >>>> > of to use the ISO8601 style. I believe the lexer could trivially be >>>> > modified to accept both types as I do not believe there is any >>>> ambiguity >>>> > between the ISO8601 and the US method, as the four-digit year is >>>> either >>>> > the start or end of the string. Would adding support for the US-style >>>> > dates be a reasonable feature request? >>>> >>> >>> I'm shocked, *shocked*, to see a software developer asking for >>> MM/DD/YYYY over ISO8601 :) :) >>> >> >> Why should US dates get preferential treatment here? Why not Australian >> dates? >> >> DD/MM/YYYY is also unambiguous with ISO8601. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Beancount" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/69b0b039-54c0-442a-a6f3-bf0580472483n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/69b0b039-54c0-442a-a6f3-bf0580472483n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Beancount" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/CACGEkZsS98iX_fikL%3Dgj-eqUD%2BtBZx%2B2GqNo%3Dxo%3DtPH9rT61zg%40mail.gmail.com.
