From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?=C3=93scar_Fuentes?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Time string format Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 17:49:31 +0100 Message-ID: <87oc9kszxg.fsf@telefonica.net> References: <83k4k9b1f9.fsf@gnu.org> <83ipztb0f6.fsf@gnu.org> <83fwuxarkf.fsf@gnu.org> <83bp5kba99.fsf@gnu.org> <83y68o9nlf.fsf@gnu.org> <83sjyw9f7p.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1290271804 24116 80.91.229.12 (20 Nov 2010 16:50:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 16:50:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Lennart Borgman To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 20 17:50:00 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PJqdS-0005hy-JP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 20 Nov 2010 17:49:58 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40244 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PJqdS-0007Ak-28 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 20 Nov 2010 11:49:58 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=50575 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PJqdN-0007AV-Fj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Nov 2010 11:49:54 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PJqdM-0006Jn-LQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Nov 2010 11:49:53 -0500 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:34147) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PJqdM-0006Ji-Fx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Nov 2010 11:49:52 -0500 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PJqdG-0005cl-Bp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Nov 2010 17:49:46 +0100 Original-Received: from 83.37.167.236 ([83.37.167.236]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 20 Nov 2010 17:49:46 +0100 Original-Received: from ofv by 83.37.167.236 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 20 Nov 2010 17:49:46 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 10 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 83.37.167.236 User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:2EsHcsJQoE/14eE61yoT9CtJL0Q= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:132925 Archived-At: Lennart Borgman writes: > We are discussing the time string format for the mode line. ISO is > perfect for local formatting because it is the same for all locales. How can a fixed format be perfect for *local* formatting? The user wants to see dates on a format that is familiar to him. So ISO is just another format. [snip]