[thelist] Date and Time issue Worldwide

[Peter Loron]

If you need something that is easily machine readable, use unix
timestamps (as somebody already mentioned) in UTC. There is no ambiguity
there.

-Pete

Rob Smith wrote:
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> I gotta' stop be so vague. The user can't decide on a date. I need that date
> for checking purposes that both the script/server/browser can communicate
> freely with and mutually understand.
>
> You could always let the user pick their choice/local standard. Or use
> something like:
>
> August 21, 1981
>
> or
>
> 21 AUG 1981
>
> ...which is fairly locale agnostic. Longer, of course.
>
> -Pete