Re: Arabic date format and Microsoft programs

Eli Zaretskii <eliz_at_gnu.org>:

> However, it could be that the confusion is mine, and it stems from the
> fact that the logical order of these characters was not stated by the
> OP. Is it
>
> 1999/12/31
>
> or
>
> 31/12/1999
>
> ?

The logical order in the document that was cited is 1999/12/31
(١٩٩٩/١٢/٣١). I just did a pen-and-paper run of the bi-di algorithm, and
it does look to me as if the 1999/12/31 rendering is the correct one, even
with the paragraph set to right-to-left in HTML.

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\\// Peter Krefting - Core Technology Developer, Opera Software ASA