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From: Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>
Subject: Re: date format and locale
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:43:42 +0100
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On Mar 22, 2009, at 5:43 AM, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm a new comer to org-mode. I usually start my Emacs with vi_VN.UTF-8
> locale and notice org-mode date output use the localized format too,
> instead of standard one. I believe locale-independent format would be
> better, but don't know how to do it. Seems like %a and other
> locale-dependent must be replaced with locale-independent ones. Any
> comments?
>
> BTW, org-mode does not support timezone. I know Emacs' current-time
> does not support timezone, so there is probably no way for org-mode to
> detect correct timezone. But is there plan for supporting timezone
> with user input, e.g. via property TIMEZONE?

No, we do not have timezone support, and I don't think I want
to put it in, this would be messy and complex.

- Carsten