Date fails on dd/mm/yyyy

[Bret Busby]

On 29/1/24 08:23, Karl Auer wrote:
> On Mon, 2024-01-29 at 07:17 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
>> The big problem is that, whilst the ISO standard (YYYY-MM-DD) is an
>> international standard, and, logical, due to the isolationist nature
>> of the USA and the intent of the USA legislatures to cause
>> international confusion, the USA refuses to adopt international
>> standards and logic, instead, imposing illogical USA standards, such
>> as MM/DD/YYYY, and, whilst the international non-ISO standard,
>> (DD/MM/YYYY) being kind of the ISO standard in reverse, is more
>> logical than the USA abomination, because it is logical, the USA will
>> not accept that, either. It is the USA policy of conflict for the
>> sake of conflict.
> 
> Have to disagree, here. Why shouldn't they use whatever format they
> like? It's not like they are imposing it on anyone. If you don't like
> the date utility, re-write it or modify it and put it out there. People
> will use it - or not.
> 
> All of this is about dates as they are input by or presented to people
> - and US people have as much right as anyone else to have dates input
> and presented in the way they are comfortable with or used to.
> 
> This is a complete storm in a teacup.
> 
> Regards, K.
> 
So, why are dates not displayed in the applicable locale format, where 
other settings are dependent on the locale formats?

And, why is the ISO format not offered as an option for displaying dates?

Why does the world have the USA date format imposed on us, other that 
the imperial borg concept?

....
Bret Busby
Armadale
Western Australia
(UTC+0800)
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