[thesite] date format on thesite
rudy
r937 at interlog.com
Sat Jan 20 23:25:31 CST 2001
> most places outside of north america, as far as i am aware, use
> dd/mm/yyyy. the mm/dd/yyyy format now used throughout the site is
> completely ambiguous.
well, so is dd/mm/yyyy :-p
> i would've hoped we could use a format that is more international -
> either by spelling the month or using yyyy-mm-dd
month names aren't exactly "international" ;o)
yyyy-mm-dd is an ISO standard
it has the added benefit of being sort-friendly, too
rudy
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