Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 14:10:01 -0800 (PST) From: Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: misc/9500: `edithook' is not Y2K compliant Message-ID: <199901152210.OAA24568@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/9500; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca>
To: Bill Fumerola <billf@jade.chc-chimes.com>
Cc: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@hilink.com.au>,
freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: misc/9500: `edithook' is not Y2K compliant
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 17:03:26 -0500
On Fri, Jan 15, 1999 at 12:47:07PM -0500, Bill Fumerola wrote:
>
> > $today = sprintf("%d/%02d/%02d", $year + 1900, $mon+1, $mday);
> > ie. yyyy/mm/dd, not mm/dd/yyyy
> >
> > Any objections to changing the log date format thus?
>
> Yes. What is your foundation for the new format? Perhaps this is just my
> American citizenship coming through, but mm/dd/yyyy is the way most people
Which is really just a good argument for converting it to something
that is (relatively) internationalization-neutral.
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