Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 14:01:38 +0000 From: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> To: Zach Heilig <zach@uffdaonline.net> Cc: Bill Fumerola <billf@jade.chc-chimes.com>, "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@hilink.com.au>, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: misc/9500: `edithook' is not Y2K compliant Message-ID: <l03020901b2c64b00a51f@[194.32.164.2]> In-Reply-To: <19990115190308.A18409@znh.org> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990115173619.18735A-100000@jade.chc-chimes.com>; from Bill Fumerola on Fri, Jan 15, 1999 at 05:40:28PM -0500 <Pine.BSF.3.96.990116091834.17266B-100000@enya.clari.net.au> <Pine.BSF.3.96.990115173619.18735A-100000@jade.chc-chimes.com>
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At 7:03 pm -0600 15/1/99, Zach Heilig wrote: >[...] >yyyy/mm/dd is really the most computer friendly format (a simple sort >will properly order dates). FreeBSD -SNAPS are named this way. It >seems to be the most popular date format when dealing with computers >(I notice it just about everywhere). I've also seen a similar format >used around town at more than one business (1999 Jan 15, for example). The [yy]yy mm dd order is also blessed by ISO 2014-1976, with the caveat that two-digit year should be used only "where no possible confusion can arise from the omission of the century". -- Bob Bishop (0118) 977 4017 international code +44 118 rb@gid.co.uk fax (0118) 989 4254 between 0800 and 1800 UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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