From owner-freebsd-bugs Sat Jan 16 06:05:49 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA16958 for freebsd-bugs-outgoing; Sat, 16 Jan 1999 06:05:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from isbalham.ist.co.uk (isbalham.ist.co.uk [192.31.26.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA16952 for ; Sat, 16 Jan 1999 06:05:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) Received: from gid.co.uk (uucp@localhost) by isbalham.ist.co.uk (8.8.7/8.8.7) with UUCP id OAA21406; Sat, 16 Jan 1999 14:05:43 GMT (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) Received: from [194.32.164.2] by seagoon.gid.co.uk; Sat, 16 Jan 1999 14:01:41 GMT X-Sender: rb@194.32.164.1 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <19990115190308.A18409@znh.org> References: ; from Bill Fumerola on Fri, Jan 15, 1999 at 05:40:28PM -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 14:01:38 +0000 To: Zach Heilig From: Bob Bishop Subject: Re: misc/9500: `edithook' is not Y2K compliant Cc: Bill Fumerola , "Daniel O'Callaghan" , freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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