Internet date

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Tue Nov 1 11:48:27 EDT 2016


Thanks everyone, that tells me what I needed to know. I am surprised that 
the day and month names aren't in the user's language though, I thought 
they would be.

Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com



On November 1, 2016 9:47:11 AM Tore Nilsen <tore.nilsen at me.com> wrote:

> Use systemDate does not apply to the internet date. I got the same result 
> with this set to both true and false.
>
> Tore
>
>
>> 1. nov. 2016 kl. 15.24 skrev Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com>:
>>
>> J. Landman Gay wrote:
>>
>> > Is the internet date in a consistent format in every country? That
>> > is, except for the spelling of the day and month names, is the format
>> > always the same?
>>
>> I believe all dates in LC are delivered using US English spellings, except 
>> when explicitly directed otherwise by setting the useSystemDate to true.
>>
>> With the Internet date, though, the Dictionary notes that it follows RFC 
>> 2822, which IIFC only supports US English date element names, so I think it 
>> should be unaffected by the useSystemDate.
>>
>> If anyone using a non-US English system can double-check the format after 
>> setting the useSystemDate to true it would be helpful to confirm that.
>>
>> --
>> Richard Gaskin
>> Fourth World Systems
>> Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
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