Awn Extras

  1. Bug #258678
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Comment 3 for bug 258678

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Michael Rooney (mrooney) wrote : Re: [Bug 258678] Re: awn calendar applet should use the format YYYY/MM/DD

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:09 PM, Bernhard Koenig
<email address hidden> wrote:
> The point is that most Europeans would use DD/MM/YYYY but Americans
> would use MM/DD/YYYY. It is my experience that YYYY/MM/DD is understood
> by both because it sort of descends from abstract to specific.
>

Right, I agree. The American way, although what I naturally am used to
being American, is ambiguous for others and inferior in the sense that
you can't usefully sort by date in that (note that it matters in this
case). Putting the year first clears up any ambiguity and it is more
international.

> Of course, Jan/Feb/Mar/Apr...etc. would be even clearer but that's
> already in the calendar icon itself.

Yeah, that's another option. I'll probably go with YYYY/MM/DD.