>> How's DIR gonna sort by date when AUG goes before JUL
>
> Don't spell the month out if there is a risk of sort, see older post:

I like this one:

> "2011-08-02 18:09:06"


But not these:

> "2011-08(Aug)-02 (Tue) 18:09:06" (sorts well)
>
> or
>
> "2011-Aug-02 Tue 18:09:06" (doesn't sort well)
>
> so default should be NOT spelled out.



Also, using the all-numeric representation ("2011-08-02 18:09:06")
makes DIR dead simple for localization. There are no strings to
replace.


-jh

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