From: Bashar (big@kuwaitnet.net)
Date: Wed Dec 07 2005 - 06:40:15 CST
Since in arabic we write from Right To Left (RTL) its usually like
2005/12/6 (we dont use zero on dates nor months if its single digit as
2006/1/18 for 18th jan 2006)
i found this page too http://www.geocities.com/daveclarkecb/Dates.html
which seems interesting even in china/japan they use the same style
although in our english letters in Kuwait and arab world we use the
English formats by writing the date as 6/12/2005 since its LTR writing
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Rick Cameron wrote:
> I think the US practice results from the way Americans usually say
> dates: "December sixth two thousand five" rather than, say "Sixth of
> December two thousand five".
>
> What's the usual order in the Arab world?
>
> Cheers
>
> - rick
>
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> *From:* unicode-bounce@unicode.org
> [mailto:unicode-bounce@unicode.org] *On Behalf Of *Bashar
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 6 December 2005 15:50
> *To:* Deborah Goldsmith
> *Cc:* Unicode Mailing List
> *Subject:* Re: CLDR: 2 vs. 4 digit years in US?
>
> off topic question, why its mm/dd/yy and not dd/mm/yy (or yyyy) in
> the US too (or is it in Europe and other part of the world except
> arab world) ?
>
>
>
> KuwaitNET Internet Services
> Bashar Al-Abdulhadi Founder/President & CEO
> bashar@kuwaitnet.net http://www.KuwaitNET.net
> Phone..:(HQ) +965.4840110 Fax...:(HQ) +965.4810026
> Phone..:(SL) +965.2647060 Fax...:(SL) +965.2627060
> Phone..:(KW) 807060 x.418 Fax...:(US) +801.4373934
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>Sales Office.: Hawally Binkhaldoun St. AlFaiha complex 1st floor office #6
>Head Quarters: Kuwait Free Trade Zone, Future Zone, Al-Arjan Buildings (B)
> Plot 22B offices #6
>
> "Quality, Stability, Unbeatable Prices and Value"
> "Think KuwaitNET"
>
>
>
>
>
> Deborah Goldsmith wrote:
>
>> http://dev.icu-project.org/cgi-bin/locale-bugs/discuss?id=920
>>
>> The issue has been raised as to whether to change the number of
>> digits in the year for short date formats from 2 to 4 for the
>> en_US locale. In other words, should short dates, which are
>> currently formatted like 12/06/05, be changed to 12/06/2005?
>>
>> The CLDR technical committee is considering this request, and
>> would like to gather feedback. This is not a formal Unicode
>> Public Review Issue, but an informal opportunity for people to
>> give their opinion. I trust that that will not be a problem for
>> this list. :-)
>>
>> Deborah Goldsmith
>> Internationalization, Unicode liaison
>> Apple Computer, Inc.
>> goldsmit@apple.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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