Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From:	Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o>
To:	gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-security] GLEP #14: security updates based on GLSA
Date:	Fri, 22 Aug 2003 19:03:45
Message-Id:	`200308222103.39119.pauldv@gentoo.org`
In Reply to:	[gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-security] GLEP #14: security updates based on GLSA by James Harlow

1	On Friday 22 August 2003 20:45, James Harlow wrote:
2	> And lastly and cosmetically, dates are normally represented as a
3	> day/month/year structure. In the version element, I think that you
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5	Well it depends on where you live, as I understand in the US the month is put
6	first. But I agree the current format (which appears to be seconds since
7	epoch) is a bit unclear.
8	I personally like the universal time format YYYYMMDD as it also automatically
9	sorts correctly and has no confusion on what is a mond and what a day.
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11	Paul
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14	Paul de Vrieze
15	Gentoo Developer
16	Mail: pauldv@g.o
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