ISO standard is the most universal and is the most database friendly format. Databases and U.S. formatting are a tried and true headache formula when trying to distribute software globally. ISO will keep programmatic adjustments to a minimal. Carl McDade Scott Courtney wrote:
Good morning!
I would like to suggest/request a small change in settings on the Drupal web site.
Currently, dates in most sections are displaying as the European DD/MM/YYYY format. I would like to suggest that, since this site has a worldwide readership, the dates be formatted in ISO-standard YYYY-MM-DD (or YYYY/MM/DD) order.
As a citizen of the U.S., I realize that a lot of U.S. sites are really bad about using the U.S.-specific date format (MM/DD/YYYY), and I also feel that this is a bad practice. My sites always use ISO format, because I'm trying to be a good world citizen, and when I teach web design here in the U.S., I make a point of stressing this to my students. :-)
This is a small matter, I realize, and I hope I haven't offended anyone by raising the issue, but I think it would be worth considering so that Drupal users all around the world have equal convenience in reading the dates.
Kind regards,
Scott