Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:30:20 +0200 From: Oliver Fischer <obf@gmx.de> To: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> Cc: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>, docs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r193688 - head/share/timedef Message-ID: <4A2FD18C.4090303@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <20090609051150.GE98804@mavetju.org> References: <200906080533.n585X9ao017209@svn.freebsd.org> <20090608123856.570933oz30orz0w0@webmail.leidinger.net> <20090609051150.GE98804@mavetju.org>
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Edwin Groothuis schrieb: > On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 12:38:56PM +0200, Alexander Leidinger wrote: >>> [patch] [locale] German locales use old %d.%m.%y date format >>> instead of newer ISO date >>> >>> From the submitter: >>> >>> DIN 5008 (German norm for text processing) defines the old date >>> format (%d.%m.%Y) to be obsolete and to be used only, if unambigous. >>> In international communications the new format (%Y-%m-%d) is now >>> required and FreeBSD should respect this. > > What do the German doc people think about it? I share Alexanders opinion. In daily communication the normal date format is still %d.%m.%Y and I am sure, it will remain for nearly ever ;-) Oliver
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