From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH] European date format Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:21:47 -0500 Message-ID: <4903.1299273707@alphaville.usa.hp.com> References: <87mxlawyzv.wl%jan.seeger@thenybble.de> <3695.1299265482@alphaville.usa.hp.com> <87lj0ud7ll.wl%jan.seeger@thenybble.de> <4033.1299268015@alphaville.usa.hp.com> <87wrke1te5.fsf@blackbird.nest.zamazal.org> Reply-To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=54975 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PvcRb-0002lY-Ca for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:21:52 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PvcRa-0005yq-EN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:21:51 -0500 Received: from g1t0027.austin.hp.com ([15.216.28.34]:25921) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PvcRa-0005yW-B2 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:21:50 -0500 In-Reply-To: Message from Milan Zamazal of "Fri, 04 Mar 2011 22:13:22 +0100." <87wrke1te5.fsf@blackbird.nest.zamazal.org> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Milan Zamazal Cc: nicholas.dokos@hp.com, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Milan Zamazal wrote: > >>>>> "ND" == Nick Dokos writes: > > ND> The problem with the required final trailing dot (if you want to > ND> leave out the year) is that it is not obvious - at least to me: > ND> the equivalent ISO would be "-03-04" and the equivalent American > ND> would be "3/4/" which look horrible - however, I don't know what > ND> the general practice is in Europe. > > The dots are not separators, they mark ordinal numbers. And at least > here in Czech Republic the correct typeset form is e.g. "4. 3. 2011" > although the compact form "4.3.2011" is often used. > Interesting - I never thought of that. So I take it that if the year is left out (implying the current year), the trailing dot is included because it is significant: the fourth day of the third month - is that correct? Thanks, Nick