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Re: RE Re: RFE: Date Format
>>>>> "Norman" == Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> writes:
Norman> The issue that I'm having a hard time following is this:
Norman> where do you want automatic date translation?
Iff it is defined that dates are always entered in ISO-form, the
stylesheet could do that like it does for 'chapter' and other texts.
But as you write, this is very hard to enforce.
What might help is adding a question about the date format to your
usage description of the DTD. I think I read some questions in TDG,
at least some publishers do ask some questions. You can't solve a
personal/organizational problem with pure programming or other
technical means.
Jochen
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