[PATCH] use iso8601-compliant dates by default (issue812)

[Frank A. Kingswood]

Matt Mackall wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-02-07 at 23:32 +0100, Dirkjan Ochtman wrote:
>> # HG changeset patch
>> # User Dirkjan Ochtman <dirkjan at ochtman.nl>
>> # Date 1202423525 -3600
>> # Node ID 0f55c22e4016f3248d931f931a3ef1363d725225
>> # Parent  f89f7ecf017ec0c9a92d466aa682c737e98f8190
>> use iso8601-compliant dates by default (issue812)
> 
> As discussed on IRC, this changes output from way too many commands that
> our users are likely to be parsing with custom tools. We can't risk
> breaking users' toys just to be prettier.

I think it is not about prettyness, it is about unambiguity.
Not everyone is in the US, and standards are good to follow.

Better done before 1.0 than stick with an obsolete date format.

Frank