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Re: NM Page info.



On Sat, Sep 16, 2000 at 03:21:43PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 14, 2000 at 05:29:20AM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> > On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, David Brown wrote:
> > > Would it be possible to post the dates in ISO date format YYYY-MM-DD.
> >
> > Sorry if this twists your brain, but it isn't likely to be
> > changed. Everyone has their own oppinion about what a date field should
> > look like. Ours look like dd-mm-yyyy. Such is life ;-)
> 
> I disagree.  ISO date format is the only portable one, and we should use it
> wherever possible.  Parochial Americans can just spit out their chewing
> tobacco, grow the hell up, and realize they live on a planet, not just in
> Sovereign State of West Virginia (or whatever).

Hmm, I was under the impression that dd-mm-yyyy was a Euro
standard.  Here in America, us tobacco chewing children from
the Sovereign State of "Our Birth" usually use mm-dd-yyyy.



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