[wp-hackers] Default Date is Inhumane...

Deirdre Saoirse Moen deirdre at deirdre.net
Mon Aug 23 20:20:26 UTC 2004


On Mon, 23 Aug 2004, Michael Heilemann wrote:

> >> 1) Make default dates more inhumane but internationally
> >> understandable:
> >> 2004/08/07
> >
> > Try: 2004-08-07 (ISO 8601).
> >
>
> That's still not immediatly comprehensible though. What about: 7 Aug.
> 2004 ?

As someone who's preferred sortable dates, I've always preferred *any*
format other than the default American date format. Until the ISO standard
came out, I used the format you just specified.

Anyhow, I'm all for clarity.

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