On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 01:45:55AM +0100, Oliver Elphick wrote: > In order to help remove unnecessary prompts from the Debian PostgreSQLl > installation script, I want it to guess the local date style, to be chosen > from the following list: > [...] > I propose to include the attached script. If the zone belongs to USA or > Canada, I use American format; if it belongs to another country I use > European format; if the country is unidentified I try to guess from > the zone abbreviation and its offset from UTC. For zones which aren't based > on regional names I use ISO. > > Are there any other countries besides USA and Canada which use American > datestyle? Am I right in thinking that Canada does? Canada is a very multicultural country, and it really is every person for him- or herself. Personally, I prefer the ISO standard date format, and have adapted my personal habits to use this in everything. It simply makes sense. I also don't understand dd/mm or mm/dd differences between various people, particularly on wonderful days like the 3rd of April or the 4th of March (hint: you can't tell the difference unless you ask the person!)
It's my personal preference that ISO standard be used unless otherwise told - but that's me.
