Re: [O] Re: [PATCH] European date format

2011-03-04 Thread Sébastien Vauban
Hi Milan, Milan Zamazal wrote: >> "ND" == Nick Dokos writes: > > ND> The problem with the required final trailing dot (if you want to > ND> leave out the year) is that it is not obvious - at least to me: > ND> the equivalent ISO would be "-03-04" and the equivalent American >

Re: [O] Re: [PATCH] European date format

2011-03-04 Thread Michael Radziej
On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:21:47 -0500, Nick Dokos wrote: > Milan Zamazal wrote: > > The dots are not separators, they mark ordinal numbers. And at least > > here in Czech Republic the correct typeset form is e.g. "4. 3. 2011" > > although the compact form "4.3.2011" is often used. > > > > Interes

Re: [O] Re: [PATCH] European date format

2011-03-04 Thread Nick Dokos
Milan Zamazal wrote: > > "ND" == Nick Dokos writes: > > ND> The problem with the required final trailing dot (if you want to > ND> leave out the year) is that it is not obvious - at least to me: > ND> the equivalent ISO would be "-03-04" and the equivalent American > ND> wou

[O] Re: [PATCH] European date format

2011-03-04 Thread Milan Zamazal
> "ND" == Nick Dokos writes: ND> The problem with the required final trailing dot (if you want to ND> leave out the year) is that it is not obvious - at least to me: ND> the equivalent ISO would be "-03-04" and the equivalent American ND> would be "3/4/" which look horrible -