if you're referring to Owen's comments, I think that was a reaction to differing standards that seem to be supported in the writing of CF applications (not core language).
standards, don't ya just love 'em? there's so many to choose from** I still find it surprising that non LS functions are still being used after all these years. Part of the reason in starting this thread was to see if there was any technical reason NOT to use the LS functions (or whether it was a case of old habits dying hard) but that gets back to the point about software being written with only one locale in mind and problems that have been caused when that hasn't been considered/implemented/tested. IMHO, more important for future customers than i18n is localisation, whether it's conversion of prices to various currencies, the year to a non Gregorian calendar or even support for different languages with R-L text ... (... all of which are noble causes, but lets start with easy stuff like dates and go from there, eh?) ** as soon as I take over the world, we'll all be using ISO dates natively... and speaking Esperanto ... On Jan 13, 2008 11:46 PM, Greg Luce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This has all been an intelligent discussion, but nobody has responded to the > "idiot American" reference. Do you mean the "idiot Americans" that invented > CF? > > Greg > > > On Jan 7, 2008 1:20 AM, Owen West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > or, we could just make idiot American's use the same date formats as the > rest of the English-speaking world! > > > > or is that too harsh (methinks not, having been burned by > Allaire/Macromedia/Adobe/Microsoft/Borland/the list goes on and on with > regards to storing, interpreting and using dates across international > boundaries). The whole thing makes me see red!! > > > > > > > > > > Owen West MCP MCAD MCSD > > Computer Programmer > > Applications Development Team > > Information Technology & Telecommunications > > Hunter New England Health > > Ph: (02) 4921 4194 > > Fax: (02) 4921 4191 > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
