GNU bug report logs - #21229
24.5; parse-time-string ignore PM/AM

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tino Calancha <f92capac <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2015 15:35:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug

Found in version 24.5

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #38 received at 21229 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
Cc: Tino Calancha <f92capac <at> gmail.com>, 21229 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Nicolas Richard <youngfrog <at> members.fsf.org>
Subject: Re: bug#21229: 24.5; parse-time-string ignore PM/AM
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 12:05:49 -0400

>> It should be possible to add support for:
>> "%m/%d/%y"
> What about "%d/%m/%y"?

Indeed.  I already bumped into such problems with parse-time-string
where it seemed to return a completely bogus result until I realized
that it picked a different ordering from the one I had.

The problem exists for "a-b-c" as well, tho I can't remember ever seeing
"YYYY-DD-MM" nor "MM-DD-YYYY" so if the year is spelled out as 4 digits,
the "a-b-c" format is somewhat reliable (at least within my part of the
world).


        Stefan
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