On Thursday, December 22, 2011 11:51:55 Somedude wrote: > And that's about it. In fact, I am not even sure that custom formats are > useful, when standard ones are perfectly suited for the task.
The standard ones are there, and I'd definitely recommend using them in the general case, but some people do require custom formatting, so the functions are needed. But yes, if you don't need them, then don't use them. The standard formats are standard for a reason. - Jonathan M Davis