Nov. 8, 1999
4:34 p.m.
Markus Kuhn said:
"Clive D.W. Feather" wrote on 1999-11-08 16:06 UTC:
%x equivalent to ``%m/%d/%y''.
Great. The second most horrible numeric date notation in the Western World has now found its way onto holy ISO C paper
Yup. All in the name of WG15 (*spit*) compatibility. [In particular, ou WG14 liason appeared to miss this issue for N years while wittering on about isblank() and suchlike.] -- Clive D.W. Feather | Work: <clive@demon.net> | Tel: +44 20 8371 1138 Internet Expert | Home: <clive@davros.org> | Fax: +44 20 8371 1037 Demon Internet | WWW: http://www.davros.org | Mobile: +44 7973 377646