Re: Japanese expression of date (Re: use of locale in "ls")

[Paul Eggert]

> From: Tomohiro KUBOTA <address@hidden>
> Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 10:53:12 +0900
> 
> BTW, I am now asking this point at Slashdot Japan.
> http://slashdot.jp/article.pl?sid=01/12/19/1535221&mode=thread

Thanks.  I noticed that this Japanese-language web page uses ISO
format to time-stamps contributions, e.g. `2001-12-19 19:14:46', so I
guess ISO-style time stamps are acceptable to Slashdot Japan's
users anyway....


> When we use '1981YY 7MM 14DD' format (YY, MM, and DD are ideogram
> to express unit for year, month, and day), we should also use units
> for hour and minute.

This argues for the longer form time stamp that I mentioned recently,
e.g. localized `11MM20DD 23HH59MM' where the ISO-style would be `11-20
23:59'.  This is the IRIX style, yes?


> However, usage of all of these units can lead to bulky date expression
> and then we can accept '1981/7/14 11:59' format.  Note that '7/14'
> can also OK...
> 
> One opinion was the usage of ISO format '1981-07-14' and '07-14'.
> However, I feel '1981-07-14' is acceptable but '07-14' is NG.

Why do you accept '7/14' but reject '07-14'?  Is it because of '-'
versus '/'?  Or is it because of the leading zero?