[thelist] Date and Time issue Worldwide

[Joel Canfield]

>Please be global. This date format really confuses the
>computer users in Pakistan, specially new users. Our standard
>is day/month/year or day-month-year.

[ . . . ]

>> What time/date formats are globally acceptable?
>ISO standard     2002-04-12
>

I think Rudy was suggesting the database storage format. The date can be
displayed however you like in the client you're using (web page or
whatever.)

I personally write my dates 13 Apr 2002, and display them in either that
format or as April 13, 2002 on the web.

joel