On Tuesday, September 13, 2011 17:15:16 Simen Kjaeraas wrote: > On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 07:53:24 +0200, Jouko Koski > > <joukokoskispam...@netti.fi> wrote: > > "Andrei Alexandrescu" <seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org> wrote: > >> Anyhow, let's move on to date formats. I'm archiving some receipt > >> right > >> now, and I find the mm/dd/yy notation notation quite unpleasant... > > > > Touché! :-) > > I have converted fully to ISO-8601, the *only* reasonable way to write > dates.
Indeed. Both the American and European way of writing dates are abysmal. ISO-8601 (YYYY-MM-DD), on the other hand, is unambiguous and sorts wonderfully. - Jonathan M Davis
