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Re: [tlug] "Locale" urrrgh



Hi,

On 7/13/07, Keith Bawden <keith@example.com> wrote:
 The U.S. format makes not sense to me:
 Months ---> days --> YEARS....

I think that comes from the way they say it: July 13th, 2007. In contrast, the British say 13th July 2007, and other languages (such as Polish) do this as well.

I'm not trying to defend the American notation, I prefer YYYY/mm/dd
myself as it always sorts properly with ls :D

Mike


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