- From: Frank Ellermann <nobody@xyzzy.claranet.de>
- Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:42:03 +0200
- To: www-international@w3.org
Dan Chiba wrote: > While a language fallback may be desirable, date/number formats > that don't match the user preference can be unacceptable. I'm not sure what you mean, but I certainly prefer yyyy-mm-dd for dates (Gregorian please, at least for yyyy > 0201) everywhere and independent of any explicit / implicit language / locale. I also prefer hh:mm or hh:mm:ss (UTC, 24 hours) for times, no am/pm, no POSIX seconds, no server local time in funny formats, no best guess on my local time +/- DST. hh:mmZ or hh:mm:ssZ is acceptable, but yyyy-mm-ddThh:mmZ or similar is unacceptable, no matter what the relevant standards say. And I like ° Celsius for temperatures, no Fahrenheit, no Kelvin. All independent of any locale or language used for other things, and all rather strong preferences. Frank
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