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:Does it really matter if the output should be 01:02:2008, 2008/01/02, 1/II/2008 etc? --[[User:Dmitry-kazakov|Dmitry-kazakov]] 12:54, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
::Of course the format of date matters. What use would there be for a date if people do not understand what it means? (For example, which number is the month and which one is the day.) This is actually a real problem in the real world. If it is not possible to use the local date format, at least you should format the date correctly so that people will know which format you are using. There are three commonly used formats:
::*American: mm/dd/yyyy
::*European: dd.mm.yyyy
::*ISO: yyyy-mm-dd
::Note that each format uses different separator. You should always use correct separator for each format so that people will know which format is used.
::Here in Rosetta Code, the main thing is that all the implementations implement the same task. Therefore all the implementations should use the same format.
::--[[User:PauliKL|PauliKL]] 12:00, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
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