François Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> The purpose has never been to antagonize Americans, but to use
> international dates rather than American dates in software meant to be
> use all around the planet.  Software like Gnus, say! :-)
> 
> Complaints may be valid, of course, but they loose part of their validity
> if they inhibit progress.  The fact that American dates are confusing or
> not very acceptable in some countries is also a valid complaint, and this
> latter complaint is more prone to triggering real progress.

This thread never seems to die.  As Johan Danielsson said two
months ago when this was last brought up,

"Enough of this now. The way to write dates in mail messages is defined
by RFC822. If anyone want's to change this, just write a new RFC."

Why are you still picking on Gnus?