On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:07:52 -0500 John W. Kennedy wrote: > Alexandro Colorado wrote: > > But corporate world has to align to standards like for example labor > > law which is kind of a standard practice. A4 or ISO9000 are also > > standards and many other things in corporate world are standard. > > OpenDocument uses the only office document standard for office > > exchange document. Exactly how is that disturbing? > > The 24-hour clock is not a standard in civilian America, and is not > likely to be one in the foreseeable future. >
Answerimng this and your other post: I do not disagree that there is a bug in the way OpenOffice.org interprets Microsoft Office formatted data. Never did. I do however have thoughts on your above statement: US companies that deal with the government will be required often to use times in a 24-hour notation. Think Northrop, Grumman, Boing etc. US companies wishing to trade oversees will be required to use a 24-hour notation by organisations they trade with, and eventually betweeen themselves. I am also aware that the commonly used date format in the USA is 11/24/07 whereas here in New Zealand it is 24/11/07. Similarly i am aware that the man on the street in the USA has a resistance to change: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_in_the_United_States but it is steadily occurring. Looking at the time notation on the top of this email, I wonder what your email headers say if you post yourself an email. So with the digital clock steadily replacing the circular dial - time will tell, or "This Too Shall Pass." I must however admit that all my points are rhetorical. Merely a reason to ponder. -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
