Daniel Carrera wrote:
Robin Laing wrote:
I do see Chad side of the argument. There is an ISO standard for date
formats but many different formats are still used. Heck I have seen
three different formats on one single form. People like to use what
they are used to.
Well, date formats are not going to severely hinder interoperability.
Personally I prefer the '03 Jan 2005' format because it is inmediately
recognizable by any English speaker, but for files I use the ISO
2005-01-03 format because it makes files sort correctly.
Hey, I english use. :)
I have used YYYY-MM-DD for almost 30 years now. There is no confusion
as to what it means. I have purchased stuff in stores with best
before dates that are confusing. Some use YY-MM-DD, some use DD-MM-YY
and some use MM-DD-YY. When in doubt I return or don't purchase. At
least if the standard was followed, it wouldn't be an issue.
Now that ODF has been submitted to ISO, if it is approved, then this
discussion will resurface but it will have a different tone.
It must be remembered that Microsoft was part of Oasis. As with most
standards. If they cannot make money from it, they will do everything
they can to lessen it's affects. Look at JAVA, html, css, ...
Cheers,
Daniel.
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Robin Laing
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