[Savannah-hackers] Date format used is ambiguous

[Andrew Ballantine]

Hi,

I have just been browsing a project in Savannah and found it very confusing
in interpreting the date on the savannah pages. When browsing the mailing
list archive, I noticed that the ISO date format is used.

The current format day mm/dd/yyyy at hh:mm is most confusing for
non-American readers. The date 01/12/2002 can be interpreted as opposite
ends of the year. The ISO format which is used a great deal by the open
source community leaves no ambiguity. viz. yyyy/mm/dd hh:ss

It does not take up any more space and is universally understood by all. It
is also the most logical format in that the most significant item, the year,
is to the left, which is the most significant part of a printed number ...

If you feel you have to put the month first, why not use mmm (e.g. jul) to
resolve the ambiguity, as in jul/24/2003. However 2003/07/24 is preferable.

Regards,

Andrew Ballantine
IT Manager
Erinstar Ltd
Mill House, Elgar Business Centre, Hallow, Worcester WR2 6NJ
address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>




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