From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Achim Gratz Subject: Re: Date/time prompt parses '3-2' as 'Month-Day', can I configure it to parse it as 'Day-Month' ? Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:16:17 +0100 Message-ID: <87ip6fab4e.fsf@Rainer.invalid> References: <20130129193653.6460d3b5@hsdev.com> <86ehh3u5cg.fsf@somewhere.org> <20130129213725.08b96621@hsdev.com> <4539.1359493684@alphaville> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:57724) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U0JTl-0005eE-Q5 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:16:35 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U0JTk-0005nT-HA for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:16:33 -0500 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:58923) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U0JTk-0005nD-9x for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:16:32 -0500 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1U0JU0-00034P-SZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:16:48 +0100 Received: from pd9eb3be8.dip.t-dialin.net ([217.235.59.232]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:16:48 +0100 Received: from Stromeko by pd9eb3be8.dip.t-dialin.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:16:48 +0100 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Nick Dokos writes: > (untested) I believe you can enter dates in "european dot" notation: > > 2013.2.3 I don't know any place in Europe using such a format, the one that is used at least here is D[D].M[M].[YY[YY]] (but it also suffers from the same sort of potential ambiguity and confusion that plagues the american M[M]/D[D][/YY]). > FWIW, I find ISO notation (with its left-to-right decrease in > significance, mirroring that of numbers) the most sensible arrangement, > and now use it almost exclusively. Yes (assuming this is ISO8601 we're talking about). As another bonus, it does sort correctly without jumping through burning hoops. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ SD adaptations for KORG EX-800 and Poly-800MkII V0.9: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#KorgSDada