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Re: date formats
Stein Gjoen wrote:
>
> Sandy Harris wrote:
> [snip]
>
> > http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html
>
> [a number of good points snipped...]
>
> Since SGML is supposed to help authors follow a strict grammar, why not
> use it to the fullest here? How about something like this:
> <date>
> <year>2000</year>
> <month>12</month>
> <date>11</date>
> </date>
>
[..]
> If you are used to SGML the added verbosity should not be a problem.
> This then also simplifies date reformatting into style used in other
> countries.
>
I've been lurking only because there hasn't been any really good ideas yet.
Till now.
I like this.
-Mark
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