[GRASS-dev] GRASS 7 planning

[Glynn Clements]

Markus Neteler wrote:

> > > I was just looking at the GRASS timeline at
> > >
> > > http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/timeline
> > >
> > > The date format is month/day/year.
> > >
> > > Can we change the date format to something more international?
> > >
> > > Like year/month/day for instance?
> >
> > Nick,
> >
> > If this is a serious concern, I would encourage you to download a copy
> > of Trac and investigate how this could be accomplished.  If you can
> > identify an easy configuration option or similar to do this then file
> > a ticket in the OSGeo Trac (Component: SAC) with the detailed suggestions.
> 
> Here is the FAQ:
> http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/TracFaq#how-do-i-change-the-format-used-for-displaying-date-and-time

That changes the locale, not the format.

But you might get close enough with LC_TIME=en_DK, which uses
yyyy-mm-dd for %x (abbreviated date format) while remaining an English
locale.

But using mm/dd/yy or dd/mm/yy is unacceptable for an international
project, as either format is likely to be misinterpreted by a
substantial proportion of users.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>