Keld Jørn Simonsen writes: > I think SIS - Sewdish Institute for Standardisation is also a preferable > source for Swedish Language, and especially when it comes to computers.
You know what they say about standards: The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from. :-) Andrew S. Tanenbaum I believe. When I wrote "preferable" I meant Svenska språknämnden should be preferred over other authorities when in conflict. In this sense, they can't both be preferable. Is there a SIS standard for dates too, or are you referring to the ITS standard mentioned previously? What is the number? > I do not find 12:34 very technical, it is very common everywhere. In the end I assume you can't get away from an element of taste. And we probably have different tastes in this case. But I don't find it common at all. Any newspaper, timetable, sign with opening hours, program tableaus on TV etc. appears to use the format with ".". At least wherever I look. Do you have any counter examples? I'm not saying it doesn't exist, I'm sure it does somewhere. But I don't find it common. > SIS has made a recommendation to use either 12:34:56 or 12.34.56 > as the time format, and mentions 12:34:56 first. This is a description > made especially for locales, and it would then take precedence over what > Svenska Språknämden prescribes. Since SIS recommends either, and Svenska språknänden recommends 12.34 (and actually discourages 12:34), we could follow both by keeping it as it is (i.e. 12.34). Following both standards is better than following just one, isn't it? :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]