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Feature
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
dd/mm/yyyy and mm/dd/yyyy date formats can be mistaken for the other, meaning they are both equally unworkable. I usually end up going for Canadian formats to get nice yyyy-mm-dd dates, but I have a feeling it could cause problems in the future.
Describe the solution you'd like
A "programmer standard" formats option, meaning
metric measurements
sensible date and time formats
ISO 8601 for formal dates
2020-07-23 00:00:00
RFC2822 for informal dates or dates that may require day-of-week
Thu, 23 Jul 2020 00:00:00
Existing work
Not in format-pickers that I've been able to find, but the en_DK locale was supposedly created for this purpose.
Describe alternatives you've considered
Currently I use Canadian formats, when it comes to locales people commonly go for en_IE (English, Ireland).
This may be out-of-scope and to be closed as Wontfix.
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Feature
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
dd/mm/yyyy and mm/dd/yyyy date formats can be mistaken for the other, meaning they are both equally unworkable. I usually end up going for Canadian formats to get nice yyyy-mm-dd dates, but I have a feeling it could cause problems in the future.
Describe the solution you'd like
A "programmer standard" formats option, meaning
2020-07-23 00:00:00
Thu, 23 Jul 2020 00:00:00
Existing work
Not in format-pickers that I've been able to find, but the
en_DK
locale was supposedly created for this purpose.Describe alternatives you've considered
Currently I use Canadian formats, when it comes to locales people commonly go for
en_IE
(English, Ireland).Additional context
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/62316/why-is-there-no-euro-english-locale
Notes
This may be out-of-scope and to be closed as Wontfix.