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Subject: Re: svn commit: r193688 - head/share/timedef
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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