Re: [O] Re: [PATCH] European date format

[Michael Radziej]

On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:21:47 -0500, Nick Dokos <address@hidden> wrote:
> Milan Zamazal <address@hidden> wrote:
> > The dots are not separators, they mark ordinal numbers.  And at least
> > here in Czech Republic the correct typeset form is e.g. "4. 3. 2011"
> > although the compact form "4.3.2011" is often used.
> > 
> 
> Interesting - I never thought of that. So I take it that if the year is left
> out (implying the current year), the trailing dot is included because it
> is significant: the fourth day of the third month - is that correct?

Same in German. When you pronounce "3.4.", you'd say "dritter vierter",
i.e. third (of) fourth.