Re: [CMake] Date issue on www.cmake.org

2013-04-25 Thread Hendrik Sattler
Am Mittwoch, 24. April 2013, 17:53:28 schrieb David Cole: > Sure, but this is in web page text only meant to be read by human beings, > not in some parse-able data that’s actually important for anything. The confusion probably comes from the fact, that U.S. date format is usually separated by '/'

Re: [CMake] Date issue on www.cmake.org

2013-04-24 Thread Sean McBride
On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:53:28 +, David Cole said: >Sure, but this is in web page text only meant to be read by human >beings, not in some parse-able data that’s actually important for anything. But human beings are confused by ambiguous dates, not just computers. ISO dates are the way to go!

Re: [CMake] Date issue on www.cmake.org

2013-04-24 Thread Alexander Neundorf
On Wednesday 24 April 2013, David Cole wrote: > Sure, but this is in web page text only meant to be read by human beings, > not in some parse-able data that’s actually important for anything. writing the name of the month usually also helps :-) Alex -- Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Ki

Re: [CMake] Date issue on www.cmake.org

2013-04-24 Thread David Cole
Sure, but this is in web page text only meant to be read by human beings, not in some parse-able data that’s actually important for anything. From: Alan W. Irwin Sent: ‎Wednesday‎, ‎April‎ ‎24‎, ‎2013 ‎11‎:‎20‎ ‎AM To: David Cole Cc: cmake@cmake.org; Rolf Eike Beer On 2013-04-24 12:02- Da

Re: [CMake] Date issue on www.cmake.org

2013-04-24 Thread Alan W. Irwin
On 2013-04-24 08:31-0400 Zack Galbreath wrote: Relevant xkcd: http://xkcd.com/1179/ Hi Zack: I got a big chuckle out of that, and it is a great response concerning ISO versus non-ISO dates! Alan __ Alan W. Irwin Astronomical research affiliation with Department of Ph

Re: [CMake] Date issue on www.cmake.org

2013-04-24 Thread Alan W. Irwin
On 2013-04-24 12:02- David Cole wrote: Hey, hey, now. Both orderings are reasonable translations of spoken word conventions into a numerical representation. Just because we say “April 24th” rather than “24th of April” doesn’t make it idiotic... Be nice. We’re sensitive over here. Hi

Re: [CMake] Date issue on www.cmake.org

2013-04-24 Thread Zack Galbreath
Relevant xkcd: http://xkcd.com/1179/ -- Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubsc

Re: [CMake] Date issue on www.cmake.org

2013-04-24 Thread David Cole
Hey, hey, now. Both orderings are reasonable translations of spoken word conventions into a numerical representation. Just because we say “April 24th” rather than “24th of April” doesn’t make it idiotic... Be nice. We’re sensitive over here. 😉 From: Rolf Eike Beer Sent: ‎Wednesday‎, ‎

Re: [CMake] Date issue on www.cmake.org

2013-04-24 Thread Rolf Eike Beer
Am 24.04.2013 11:49, schrieb Hendrik Sattler: Hi, seems the time string in the news section need a fix: 11.07.2012 CMake 2.8.10 Just Released 08.09.2012 CMake 2.8.9 is Now Available! 07.18.2012 Kitware Announces New Fall Courses 04.19.2012 CMake 2.8.8 is Now Available 03.02.2012 CDash 2.0.2 Now

[CMake] Date issue on www.cmake.org

2013-04-24 Thread Hendrik Sattler
Hi, seems the time string in the news section need a fix: 11.07.2012 CMake 2.8.10 Just Released 08.09.2012 CMake 2.8.9 is Now Available! 07.18.2012 Kitware Announces New Fall Courses 04.19.2012 CMake 2.8.8 is Now Available 03.02.2012 CDash 2.0.2 Now Available The dotted date notation with the ye