From owner-freebsd-bugs Fri Jan 15 14:10:07 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA21819 for freebsd-bugs-outgoing; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 14:10:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA21797 for ; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 14:10:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.5) id OAA24568; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 14:10:01 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 14:10:01 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199901152210.OAA24568@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG From: Tim Vanderhoek Subject: Re: misc/9500: `edithook' is not Y2K compliant Reply-To: Tim Vanderhoek Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR misc/9500; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Tim Vanderhoek To: Bill Fumerola Cc: "Daniel O'Callaghan" , 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. -- This .sig is not innovative, witty, or profund. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message