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>> Please avoid commas (or dots) as thousands separators. You might as well say 'please ignore the standards of your country in favour of mine.' Are you reall

• larkeith 9y ago
  Parent is clearly a European (or denizen of another local that uses commas as decimal markers), as they interpreted 4,604ms as slightly over 4ms. Also, they advise using an ISO (International Standards Organization) standard, specifically to avoid misinterpretation while remaining locale-independent.
  • hartator 9y ago
    I think the confusion is more about secondes vs ms. Like 4.604s parses easier in my brain.
    • majewsky 9y ago
      No it isn't. Your parent comment was correct.
• wutbrodo 9y ago
  While it is an odd request, that's not really fair to the parent commenter. He's asking for a _neutral_ representation to be used, so that those used to both format find it easier to read. He even goes out of his way to specify that he doesn't want his format used. It's the same reason I write dates YYYY-MM-DD, a habit I picked up after working in a large company with employees from all over the world. (Though I generally wouldn't request other people to use it as well)
• rocqua 9y ago
  No, the request is "Please use a method people from all countries can understand". As OP said, the idea here is to use half-spaces as thousand separators. For the decimal separator, it doesn't matter much what you use. I'd guess the period because it is slightly more prevalent. This method is clear to all users, rather than confusing all of mainland Europe.