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Re: [lojban] Lojban / Most translated Web Page

To: pycyn@aol.com
Subject: Re: [lojban] Lojban / Most translated Web Page
From: Peter Moulder <reiter@netspace.net.au>
Date: 06 May 2000 16:46:37 +1000
Cc: lojban@egroups.com
In-reply-to: pycyn@aol.com's message of "Fri, 5 May 2000 13:02:53 EDT"
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la'e <pycyn@aol.com> cusku di'e

> RECORD: date/time 
> Lojban, with practical ellipses in mind, rather than consistent order in a
> larger-smaller dimension, records dates in DDMMYYYY order.
> NOT ISO

FWIW, I believe YYYYMMDD is an alternative ISO form. Compared to
DDMMYYYY, it has advantages of monotonic increasing relationship
between date and number interpretations (i.e. sortable), and I suspect
is less likely to be misinterpreted by Americans than DDMMYYYY.

co'o mi'e pijem.

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