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Re: date formats

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>

or

<date>
 <year>2000</year>
 <week>49</week>
</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.

Regards,
   Stein Gjoen


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