Re: Human representation of dates, opinions

On Thu, 30 May 2002, Justin Erenkrantz wrote:

> On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 08:17:24PM +0300, Nuutti Kotivuori wrote:
> > So, let's see a few formats:
> >
> > 1) 2002-05-30T19:50:45Z
> > 2) 2002-05-30 19:50:45Z
> > 3) 2002-05-30T22:50:45+0300
> > 4) 2002-05-30 22:50:45+0300
> >
> > 5) 2002-05-30 22:50:45 (+0300)
> > 6) 2002-02-22 21:35 GMT
> > 7) Thu May 30 20:15:43 EEST 2002
> > 8) ...
>

<unlurk>
I like #1, #2, #6, with an added day of week at the end.

Why: Easy for humans to read, easy for computer to parse and sort, all
times in same frame of reference.
</unlurk>

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