From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Time string format Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 16:39:36 +0100 Message-ID: References: <83k4k9b1f9.fsf@gnu.org> <83ipztb0f6.fsf@gnu.org> <83fwuxarkf.fsf@gnu.org> <83bp5kba99.fsf@gnu.org> <83y68o9nlf.fsf@gnu.org> <83tyjc9fmy.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1290267613 6928 80.91.229.12 (20 Nov 2010 15:40:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 15:40:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 20 16:40:06 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 1PJpXq-0001cQ-Fc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 20 Nov 2010 16:40:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59416 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PJpXp-00034f-Vk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 20 Nov 2010 10:40:06 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=52656 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PJpXi-000335-Tc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Nov 2010 10:39:59 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PJpXh-0000Kl-UU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Nov 2010 10:39:58 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-ey0-f169.google.com ([209.85.215.169]:33426) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PJpXh-0000KU-PE; Sat, 20 Nov 2010 10:39:57 -0500 Original-Received: by eydd26 with SMTP id d26so3277587eyd.0 for ; Sat, 20 Nov 2010 07:39:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Thlt5hgy1/tO79DM42yo7FGdJ9CcKRyHCs5CC847Zaw=; b=FSNpc7pEr3+Tf2IXLg73GEqCOX91Ak6gRCav9SnGBHe/+9b5R/NNKLxo3MueM2m1U/ U3aBTf2Q4MD6xaO7lZKl4C9+8+H23cbfKtlkDxhrYaAAhPZkcaVFzIscrqfwnh5LfaT5 VZQAmejieVqtfVio2m8SW+QzRS7+Me4E+PqRg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=vXw2SEXVoerRSh9m1M2jC9Avi07SAx1lkKshTMd2L8W4uMlh6n3tpb9IKMv6m45DX0 12C63gpzNLxo6YJqiQx6GwBDCIHVw4pZecVMd/qlYkK64mriSiG/aYrzrGYlyJh1ht55 p4BMw5Pncmg8XV6BLBLnfJFV0q7P7iCI0hzwo= Original-Received: by 10.213.34.20 with SMTP id j20mr2827964ebd.71.1290267596808; Sat, 20 Nov 2010 07:39:56 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.213.22.135 with HTTP; Sat, 20 Nov 2010 07:39:36 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <83tyjc9fmy.fsf@gnu.org> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:132919 Archived-At: On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> From: Lennart Borgman >> Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 14:34:45 +0100 >> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org >> >> In my opinion we should use the international standard when it is >> possible. Standard helps free software since it requires less >> resources. > > This discussion goes nowhere, because you are missing the issue at > hand. =C2=A0The issue at hand is how to correctly display a date with the > names of the month and the week-day spelled out as strings in the > locale's language. =C2=A0By contrast, "%Y-%m-%d" produces a numerical dat= e, > which is not what we want in time.el. The week day is a problem, but why do we want the month spelled out? Doesn't it save our time not spell it out? Are there any Emacs users out there that can not understand the ISO time format?