Re: Favorite Font

From	Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Favorite Font
Date	2025-10-04 21:10 +0000
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On Sat, 4 Oct 2025 10:08:56 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote:

> On 10/4/25 02:31, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
>>
>> Printing a date for people to read it is not the same thing as printing
>> a date for naming files which is not the same as printing dates for
>> exchanges between systems.
>> 
> Indeed is is not but people can learn to use the computer version
> as easlly as the computer can be set to render such dates.

Different regions use different formats, and in an international world, 
that can, and does, lead to confusion. That’s why we have an international 
standard, ISO 8601, that we can agree on for everybody to use.

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  Re: Favorite Font Farley Flud <fflud@gnu.rocks> - 2025-09-27 15:22 +0000
    Re: Favorite Font Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-28 11:15 +0100
      Re: Favorite Font ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-09-28 10:42 +0000
      Re: Favorite Font Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-09-28 14:03 -0700
        Re: Favorite Font Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-28 22:51 +0000
          Re: Favorite Font candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-09-30 18:30 +0000
            Re: Favorite Font Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-09-30 11:45 -0700
              Re: Favorite Font rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-30 20:04 +0000
            Re: Favorite Font Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-30 22:46 +0000
        Re: Favorite Font Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-10-04 09:31 +0000
          Re: Favorite Font Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-10-04 10:08 -0700
            Re: Favorite Font Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-04 21:10 +0000
      Re: Favorite Font John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-09-29 09:11 -0700
        Re: Favorite Font Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-09-29 16:45 +0000
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              Re: Date formatting. Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-29 19:40 +0000
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              Re: Date formatting. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-29 21:45 +0200
              Re: Date formatting. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-30 02:08 +0000
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          Re: Favorite Font rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-29 18:55 +0000

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