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On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 11:50:22AM +0100, Paul de Vrieze wrote: |
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> What about also allowing the yyyy-mm-dd format (with or without hyphens). |
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> Using English month names is not the most convenient for many people. |
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I would go as far as suggesting to make it a requirement to use an |
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ISO-8601 compliant UTC date string with a resolution of minutes. |
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$ date -u --iso-8601=minutes |
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2005-11-07T10:59+0000 |
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This is international, standardized and easily parsable for both |
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humans and computers. |
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Regards, |
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Brix |
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Henrik Brix Andersen <brix@g.o> |
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