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Re: [nmh-workers] #ifdef UK
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Ralph Corderoy |
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Re: [nmh-workers] #ifdef UK |
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Sun, 19 May 2019 08:35:51 +0100 |
Hi spaceman,
> > as an arg to scan (either via -format or -form) whether numeric
> > dates are printed as D/M (the sane way) or M/D (stupid).
>
> It might be pure opinion but I don't think M/D is "stupid" when put in
> context for example:
>
> YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS
> 2019-05-18T23:43:15
But M/D's context is not ISO, it is M/D/Y, and that's stupid. It
predates the ISO format you mention in its defence by quite some time.
It's like an inverse medal-winner's podium. D/M's context is D/M/Y and
that's a more sane. Y/M/D obviously sorts better thus ISO.
--
Cheers, Ralph.
- [nmh-workers] #ifdef UK, Ken Hornstein, 2019/05/17
- Re: [nmh-workers] #ifdef UK, Paul Vixie, 2019/05/17
- Re: [nmh-workers] #ifdef UK, Ralph Corderoy, 2019/05/18
- Re: [nmh-workers] #ifdef UK, Valdis Klētnieks, 2019/05/18
- Re: [nmh-workers] #ifdef UK, Robert Elz, 2019/05/18
- Re: [nmh-workers] #ifdef UK, Michael Richardson, 2019/05/18