On 2011-02-01 Stefan Müller <warrence....@gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wouldn't like the idea of displaying \date in ISO 8601 format. I'd
> rather prefer the human-readable version. The ISO 8601 is a standard for
> "exchange of date and time-related data" [1], not for text documents
> made for humans to read.
>
> How to get what you want is explained here [2], I think. HTH.
No, not really. \currentdate [year, –, mm, –, dd] gives me the date in
ISO 8601 format. To force consistency it makes sense to specify the date
format in a *global* setup like
>> \setupdate [format={year, –, mm, –, dd}]
to avoid ugly constructions like
\def\Today{\currentdate [year, –, mm, –, dd]}
Regards
Marco
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