Re: LYNX-DEV Genuine internationalisation.

[Paul Gilmartin]

In a recent note, Jonathan Ridler said:

> Date: Wed, 05 Feb 1997 10:37:22 +1100
> From: Jonathan Ridler <address@hidden>
> 
> 02-Huh-1997.  I suggest that lynx be genuinely internationalised by
> ensuring that all dates in all code, documentation and discussion be in
> dd-mmm-yyyy format.  What do you say, folks?
> 
I thought the most formally approved standard was yyyy-mm-dd.  For example:

Linkname: Summary of International Standard Date and Time Notation
   URL: http://www.unisys.com/marketplace/year2000/geninfo/datestd.htm

by Phil Dodd, Unisys Australia

Australian Standard AS 3802-1989 and Internation Standard ISO 8601:1988
specify numeric representations of date and time. The information in
this document was extracted from these two standards. The international
standard notation representing the year, month, and day is:

                           YYYY-MM-DD

(I haven't verified the source.  I like it because it's easy to sort.)

-- gil
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