Re: [Openvpn-users] Can a configuration item be cleared in the server.conf file

[Jochen B. <Joc...@bi...>]

On 05.02.24 09:55, Bo Berglund wrote:
> I really wonder why it uses this terrible illogical display with the day name
> first?

Because the need for global, *cross-OS* standards for a timestamp format 
first arose with BBSes, USENET, E-Mails and the like, and the developers 
of those wanted to have the "Date:" headers primarily *human*-readable 
(as long as the human can read English):

> $ date --rfc-email
> Mon, 05 Feb 2024 11:23:57 +0100
> $ LANG=C date
> Mon Feb  5 11:24:03 CET 2024
> $ LANG=C date +%c
> Mon Feb  5 11:24:06 2024

So the human-readable variants are *older* and more widely implemented 
than machine-readable or purpose-optimized ones.

Be grateful that the code for *logging* is unlikely to support 
*localization* (to one of what, 400+?, regional human conventions) ... ;-3

> $ echo $LANG
> de_DE.UTF-8
> $ date
> Mo 5. Feb 11:24:22 CET 2024
> $ date +%c
> Mo 05 Feb 2024 11:24:25 CET

> $ LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 date
> lun. 05 févr. 2024 11:24:43 CET
> $ LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 date +%c
> lun. 05 févr. 2024 11:24:50

> $ LANG=en_US.UTF-8 date +%c --date="4 hours"
> Mon 05 Feb 2024 03:41:11 PM CET
> $ LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 date +%c --date="4 hours"
> Mon 05 Feb 2024 15:41:16 CET

> $ locale -a | wc -l
> 873

Kind regards,
-- 
Jochen Bern
Systemingenieur

Binect GmbH