Talk:Date and time notation in Sweden

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Swedish date format

As outlined below, I disagree with the date section of this article. Since any changes I would like to make would significantly change the content, I'll wait a couple weeks for a reply to my arguments. This will also allow me to attempt to find some better citations (in English if possible).

The assertion that Sweden follows ISO 8601 is misleading. While this format can be found in Sweden, the recommended format is "day month year" with the month name spelled out (in Swedish) or "day/month year" with a numerical month. This is clearly stated (assuming you can read Swedish) in the Swedish Wikipedia article on dates. More detail can be found in the second reference of that article from the reliable source "Language Council of Sweden" (Språkrådet). Arguably, a citation describing what is currently more common would be better than this recommendation but that's what I have at the moment.

The second assertion that ISO 8601 is used for official documents is inaccurate. For example, 2013/14:61 is a recent, official document from the Swedish Riksdag which clearly uses "Stockholm den 12 december 2013" in the header of the document. Rather than listing a great number of official documents or relying on my own (weak) assertion that this is normal, I could try to find an official rule for at least this level of government.

Pikkusiili (talk) 17:06, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]