{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/schyntax/schyntax/issues/8","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/schyntax/schyntax/issues/8/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/schyntax/schyntax/issues/8/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/schyntax/schyntax/issues/8/events","html_url":"https://github.com/schyntax/schyntax/issues/8","id":108075972,"number":8,"title":"Use less ambiguous format for dates","user":{"login":"svick","id":287848,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/287848?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/svick","html_url":"https://github.com/svick","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/svick/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/svick/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/svick/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/svick/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/svick/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/svick/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/svick/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/svick/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/svick/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/schyntax/schyntax/labels/Planned","name":"Planned","color":"207de5"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":5,"created_at":"2015-09-24T07:41:12Z","updated_at":"2015-10-15T16:03:26Z","closed_at":null,"body":"The `mm/dd` format is ambiguous and I think it shouldn't be used in a DSL like this.\r\n\r\n[As far as I know](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_format_by_country#Map), the USA is pretty much the only country that uses `mm/dd/yyyy` for dates with years, while some other countries use `dd/mm/yyyy` and others use other formats, often with different separators.\r\n\r\nIf this was about dates with years, I would suggest using [ISO 8601](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601). But I'm not aware of any widely used standard for dates without years (and I think trimmed ISO 8601, `mm-dd`, would be also confusing).\r\n\r\nSo I'm not sure what the right solution. Maybe require spelling out the month, e.g. `Jan 1`?"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/schyntax/schyntax/issues/comments/148435886","html_url":"https://github.com/schyntax/schyntax/issues/8#issuecomment-148435886","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/schyntax/schyntax/issues/8","id":148435886,"user":{"login":"bretcope","id":3608260,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3608260?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/bretcope","html_url":"https://github.com/bretcope","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bretcope/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bretcope/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bretcope/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bretcope/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bretcope/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bretcope/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bretcope/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bretcope/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bretcope/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-10-15T16:03:26Z","updated_at":"2015-10-15T16:03:26Z","body":"@iainhallam that's outside of the scope of this discussion. I'd be happy to talk to you about it, but in another issue."}}