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Re: Storing dates [message #186269 is a reply to message #186268] Sun, 22 June 2014 14:45 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Erick T. Barkhuis is currently offline  Erick T. Barkhuis
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Jerry Stuckle:

> On 6/22/2014 10:24 AM, Erick T. Barkhuis wrote:
>> Jerry Stuckle:
>>
>>> On 6/22/2014 4:03 AM, Erick T. Barkhuis wrote:
>>>> Arno Welzel:
>>>>
>>>> > 1967-09-12 for the 9. September of 1967
>>>> > BTW: This is why ISO 8601 had been invented
>>>>
>>>> If that's the case, I don't like ISO 8601.
>>>
>>> Why not, Erick? It's a good format which sorts naturally.
>>
>> But apparently, it wants date formats to be three days off!
>> It might sort naturally, but it's not accurate enough.
>>
>>
>
> No, "9" is September. The full date is September 12th, 1967. The
> difference in languages and punctuation is causing confusion.

Obviously!
Arno is german. In Germany, it's common to write a dot as abbreviation
for 'st', 'nd', 'rd' and 'th':
He would pronounce "9. September" as "der neunte September" (the ninth
of September).

[Now that I have to explain this, it ain't funny anymore: Arno wrote
1967-09-12 and claimed this to be equal to the ninth of September 1967.
That prompted me, since I sometimes like to see funny things where they
aren't, to claim that ISO 8601 is no good at all, if it defines date
formats three days off]



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Erick
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