@elextr, I beg to differ. The developers are in the US, but not the users. This expression of developer individuality is hurting Linux. Geany's deference to the US format as the default is silly to the rest of the world, including Canadians like myself.
I am for regional choices since I change them to my comfort everywhere, but we should start with a universal symbol of recognition. I use ISO format in deference to this universe, even though I would have preferred the elegance of «2023.10.01» used in Europe.
The reason the slashes and dots are not used, because they are problematic or «reserved» characters in some contexts in Linux, . . . . . And MS, where the money comes to the free software development world. After all, they are our landlord.
Then, the yellow Geany lantern is a universal symbol for your software, even though I am looking for an icon of Aladdin emerging from an 3 volt LED lamp. :-)
Please consider the ISO standard as the default and then by majority regional use as you know it. This would show universal consideration.
