> Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:09:06 +0100 > From: "Peter Krefting" <[email protected]> > > Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]>: > > > However, it could be that the confusion is mine, and it stems from the > > fact that the logical order of these characters was not stated by the > > OP. Is it > > > > 1999/12/31 > > > > or > > > > 31/12/1999 > > > > ? > > The logical order in the document that was cited is 1999/12/31 > (١٩٩٩/١٢/٣١). I just did a pen-and-paper run of the bi-di algorithm, and > it does look to me as if the 1999/12/31 rendering is the correct one, even > with the paragraph set to right-to-left in HTML.
If the logical order is 1999/12/31, then you are right. I'm sorry for confusion I caused; for some reason I thought the logical order was the other way around. Sorry.
