Chapter 2. Consistency

Dates and Revision Numbers

While it may seem like a minor issue, and a minor part of your document, it is very important that the following guidelines are adhered to:

  • All dates which are part of the text of your document should be spelled out i.e.March 2, 2000

    This is the only way to be sure that “03/02/2000” is interpreted correctly in all languages, and by all readers.

    Important

    Exception: in the date tag, dates should be in the “YYYY-MM-DD” format.

  • All information included between the <releaseinfo> and </releaseinfo> should match the release number of the application.