> Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:09:06 +0100
> From: "Peter Krefting" <peter_at_opera.com>
>
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz_at_gnu.org>:
>
> > However, it could be that the confusion is mine, and it stems from the
> > fact that the logical order of these characters was not stated by the
> > OP. Is it
> >
> > 1999/12/31
> >
> > or
> >
> > 31/12/1999
> >
> > ?
>
> The logical order in the document that was cited is 1999/12/31
> (١٩٩٩/١٢/٣١). I just did a pen-and-paper run of the bi-di algorithm, and
> it does look to me as if the 1999/12/31 rendering is the correct one, even
> with the paragraph set to right-to-left in HTML.
If the logical order is 1999/12/31, then you are right. I'm sorry for
confusion I caused; for some reason I thought the logical order was
the other way around.
Sorry.
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