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RE Re: RFE: Date Format
- To: Karl Eichwalder <keichwa at gmx dot net>, David Lloyd <lloy0076 at rebel dot net dot au>
- Subject: RE DOCBOOK: Re: RFE: Date Format
- From: Vladimir Gutzko <e_aperta at everyday dot com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 17:46:06 +0100 (MET)
- Cc: docbook at lists dot oasis-open dot org
> That's why we all are asked to use ISO notation these days; if you
> really think a DATE element is needed give it a PCDATA content and use:
>
> <date>2001-01-08</date>
>
If you are working in a multilingual environment, basically you have no other choice. Even if it doesn't seem to be intuitive to anyone.
Please be always aware that many DocBook docs are being translated and have to be maintained in several languages in parallel. Using ISO at least greatly facilitates this job.
Best,
Vladi