Hi :) I use it quite a lot. It makes sorting files a lot easier. If all files were created or modified on the date that is most relevant to the contents of the file then it would be quite simple but life is seldom that simple ime.
Of course no-one in my office understands. They prefer to have everything from August waaay before anything from March. Regards from Tom :) On 13 April 2015 at 15:26, James Knott <[email protected]> wrote: > On 04/13/2015 10:16 AM, Andreas Säger wrote: > > But nobody does. Not my bank from where I import account statements, > > yahoo finance, amazon, ebay, you name it. > > Well, I often see it, particularly on government forms. On the other > hand, I have often seen dates and wondered what format it was, as there > is nothing to indicate it or the date it actually represents. Some > times I can guess, based on context or by looking for other dates to > determine which format makes sense. i.e. a number greater than 12 is > likely not a month. ;-) > > Given the amount of international interchange, even ignoring the fact > that local custom is often not followed, the only way to be sure is to > use the ISO spec and nothing else. Isn't it also part of that ISO > certification that companies follow for business practices? > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
