[lug] MEAS Data file format

Tom Tromey tromey at cygnus.com
Wed Aug 16 15:59:58 MDT 2000


>>>>> "David" == David  <dajo at frii.com> writes:

David> I am afraid that YYYY-MM-DD *is* ambiguous - it could be
David> YYYY-DD-MM - and, count on it, some human being will interprete
David> it that way.

It is only ambiguous to the confused.
YYYY-DD-MM isn't a date format that is actually used anywhere.

YYYY-MM-DD is a perfectly fine storage format.
Reformatting for display to humans in a locale-dependent manner is
always possible.

Tom




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